Htaccess file
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I need to redirect the web pages which do not exist to 404 error
the task need to be done in htaccess file.
I am using Linux server.
the webpages I want to redirect is my domain name followed by question mark
I am using the following snippet in my htaccess file, it redirect to bing.com so far,
please tell me how to change the snippet so that it redirect to redirect to 404 error page.
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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .
RewriteRule .* http://www.bing.com? [L,R]
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Use:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
where 404.html is your error document page! If the page does not exist then it should return a 404 status code and then automatically redirect to this page.
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The reason your URL is redirecting to bing.com is you haven't changed the URL from the snippet you found to the URL you actually want to use as your 404 Error Page.
You can create a 404 Error Page and place it on your server. If you have already done this you need to change the URL (http://www.bing.com) in the snippet below to the URL you want to use (e.g. http://www.[yourdomainname].com/404.html).
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .
RewriteRule .* http://www.bing.com? [L,R]
That should look more like this:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .
RewriteRule .* http://www.[yourdomainname].com/404.html [L,R=301]
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I am not completely sure I get the question -
two ways I interpreted - the easiest would just be the redirect /? to 404
which would be
redirect 301 /? http://www.404pagehere.com
If you are trying to do a wildcard redirect that is a little harder
RedirectMatch 301 /?/(.*)$ http://www.404pagehere.com
I think the easiest might be
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^foldername/* http://www.pagehere.com/ [R=301,L]Make sure and backup .htaccess before making any changes, as I am not sure what I gave you will fix your specific issue.
Shane
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This should help you:
http://webdesignandsuch.com/create-a-htaccess-file-to-redirect-to-a-404-html-page/
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