Create a Custom vBulletin "404 Page Not Found" Page, and direct vBSEO to use it.

So did you save it as ASCII? what format?

I saved mine as unicode too.

Originally Posted by m_k

I had a similar problem - it turned out that it was due to me saving the php file I created in notepad as unicode

This works perfect with /forum/not found pages However, with this VBCMPS pages returns code erros like this:

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in.........

Is there a way to fix the root director 404 pages too?

As long as you are using the full physical paths everywhere, it should work fine.

Can you specify a bit more?

Ah yes, after looking into the code it may not work. My sites all have CMPS and forum both in the root, so it's not an issue. misc.php attempts to look for global.php in the current directory, so it's not finding it when called from the root of your site.

Is this solution supported? I'm still getting blank pages AND none of my questions are being answered.

Originally Posted by mykkal

So did you save it as ASCII? what format?

I saved mine as unicode too.

This was never a "supported" option... Just a useful article I offered. Not sure why you're having a problem though, sorry.

Originally Posted by mykkal

So did you save it as ASCII? what format?

I saved mine as unicode too.

In notepad I did "save as" and selected "ANSI" from the list of options... after doing this and uploading the file everything worked fine.

Here's our custom 404 page.

http://www.puremarketprofits.com/forums/404.php

this is good idea, but i am afraid google bot will hammer my server again, how are your experience guys, is there any live demo link

when i redirect not found page to the home page 7 month ago, google hammering my server and my host dreamhost told me to block google bot, after i remove redirect not found page to the home page its never happened again

Is there an easy way to determine

'/usr/home/username/public_html/forums/misc.php';
?>

location such as a script I entered what was there hoping that it would work but I got an error message.

You can create a "whereami.php" file in forums folder with this code to find out the path:

PHP Code:

<?php 
echo __FILE__;
?>

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

You can create a "whereami.php" file in forums folder with this code to find out the path:

PHP Code:

<?php echo __FILE__;

Just got a blank page when I uploaded it.

Make sure that you entered it exactly as specified above.
Also, you can define custom handler as "misc.php" without path.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Make sure that you entered it exactly as specified above.
Also, you can define custom handler as "misc.php" without path.

Yeah, I changed the .php to .txt to show you what I got. I might just open a support ticket with my host.