Hi Benjamin, If your custom "not found" message comes from a web page, make certain that your HTTP Error message type is "URL," not "File." For example: my 'Error Mapping Properties' for 404 look like this:
Error Code: 404 Default Text: Not Found Message Type: URL URL: /404.cfm The Error Mapping Properties page is found in IIS Manager > Properties (your website) > Custom Errors > Edit Properties (404) I hope this is helpful. Dave Benjamin Rosenthal wrote: > > Ok, the host now swears that the "Check that file exists" checkbox is set. However, > it hasn't fixed the problem. I've tried it on my own machine as well and it doesn't > seem to be working. Does anyone have suggestions for what might be wrong here? > (I'm trying to set a default error page in IIS without using the CF administrator.) > > > By default, when IIS receives a request that ends in ".cfm", it passes >that > >request to the CF server without checking to see if the file exists first, > >and the IIS 404 handler won't work in that case. You can change this in >the > >IIS management console by right-clicking on the virtual server, going to >the > >"Home Directory" tab, clicking on the "Configuration" button, finding the > >.cfm ISAPI extension mapping, then editing it and clicking on the "Check > >that file exists" checkbox. > > > > >However, your host might not be willing to do that. You may ask them to > >configure a missing template handler instead, in the CF Administrator. To > >the best of my knowledge, those are your two options for handling > >incorrect/nonexistent URLs. > > > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > >http://www.figleaf.com/ > >voice: (202) 797-5496 > >fax: (202) 797-5444 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
