Also, it's worth noting, that if you have functions (for navigation, say) on the 404 page, they themselves will throw 404s and include the default 404 handler instead of the custom one.
Try a plain html 404.cfm file first, before doing anything fancy. :d On 6/22/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had to "cycle" the setting in cfadmin for the missing template handler, > (by setting to the old default, saving, setting it to the new default > again) > for it to take in one of my sites. > > Don't know if that will work for you too, but it's worth a shot. > :d > > > On 6/22/06, Matt Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Okay, I was starting to feel stupid because I couldn't get nuttin' to > > work. > > However, I did get a custom 404.cfm page to come up on my dev > > Workstation. > > But I still can't get it to go on my dev Server. The main difference > > between > > my workstation and server is the IIS Default Web Site directory. My > > workstation uses the default C:\inetpub\wwwroot. I put my 404.cfm file > > there. The server uses D:\WebRoot\DomainName. > > > > So then I have a '/' mapping on the server that points to just > > D:\WebRoot. > > Maybe this is screwing things up. I have tried various possibilities and > > mappings and am not having any luck. > > I created a mapping named '/404' pointing to > > 'D:\WebRoot\DomainName\404'. > > Then in the Missing Template Handler I put /404/404.cfm. After > > submitting > > the CF Admin says it cannot find the file and will use the default > > instead > > (I have CF 7 on my Dev Server, which gives this feedback whereas I don't > > think CF 6.1 does). So to fix this I change the Missing Template Handler > > > > field to /DomainName/404/404.cfm (essentially eliminating the need for > > the > > /404 mapping). Server updates okay, but when browsing to a non-existant > > .cfm > > file, I still get the default 404 error. Aaargh! > > > > This isn't even that big of a deal, but has become frustrating and seems > > > > like it shouldn't be so confusing. > > > > -- > > Matt Williams > > "It's the question that drive us." > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:244611 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
