301 redirect 404 pages?

Hi guys,

I need some help with regards to placing a 301 redirect (to the homepage) on all 404 page not found error messages. I'm not all that familiar with all that .htaccess razamatazz and have tried using some code provided on certain websites but none have yielded any results thus far.

Basically I want it so that if someone should accidentally visit the wrong URL, say; http://www.site.com/wrongurl/ they be redirected to the homepage at: http://www.site.com/

If anyone would be so kind as to enlighten me with the necessary code then I would be eternally grateful. Thanks in advance.

vBSEO has this option built in. Look for the ""File Not Found" requests handling?" option.

Hi Keith,

I actually don't need this for my forum (although I must admit I hadn't seen that option on vBSEO before! ). I'll be implementing this to my .htaccess file which is used for my CMS located outside of my forum's directory.

The following should work :

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .+ http://www.site.com [L,R=301]

Hi Juan,

That didn't appear to work, when I typed an incorrect URL (or any page for that matter) into my browser it just came up with:

The page isn't redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.

I don't know if it would help, but this is my current .htaccess file and I don't know if code that is already in there might be conflicting with the code you gave me.

Code:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.projectego.net
AuthUserFile /home/ultimas/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/ultimas/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Please help!

Hello Steve,

you already have "file not found" rewrite rules defined for wordpress, so you cannot redefine them for redirection.

Hello Oleg,
I just want to know how i can redirect my Error pages outside forum using 301 redirect please , that steps your write upstaris is redirecting all pages even it not wrong .
Thanks ,
Zi5

Do you have an existing .htaccess file outside of forum folder?

Yes

Hello Oleg ,
I am still watting for your answer .
Thanks,
Zi5

If it's wordpress powered, you need to use wordpress's api for making your custom error page, not vbseo.
Creating an Error 404 Page WordPress Codex

No, I didn't use wordpress ,I use in /vb directory vBulletin with vbSEO , and in root folder i use vBadvanced , but when someone typing a wrong URL outside /vb it's not redirect him the forum or the website .
Thanks ,
Zi5

Oh, i didn't realize this was an old thread.. i scrolled up and saw steve's htaccess.

in root htaccess, simply put

ErrorDocument 404 /vb/404.php

directly after rewrite engine on.


if you don't have a root htacces file, make one with just those 2 lines.

Thanks too much ...
This helps right .
Zi5