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1. csilveira
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I've looked and found different fixes for this. So I am going to combine all of the things I've found, into one post.

   What my problem was: http://www.mysite.com produced the 404 page that I wanted displayed. BUT a site that is hosted for a client I have is at http://www.mysite.com/othersite and when a 404 page is requested for it the page it displayed with the MAIN site's 404 page.

   What I did:

   * I host my own blog using:
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   * Apache 2.2.14 *
   * PHP 5.2.12 *
   * MySQL 5.1.39 *
   * WordPress v.2.9.2 *
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   This is assuming you have the same setup
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   This is the structure that I have at work. (I don't use sub-domains.)
   http://www.mysite.com <--- (this is the root)
   http://www.mysite.com/othersite <--- (this is the "other" hosted site)

   Each have there own wordpress install but use the same database, with different table prefixs:
   EX: wp_ (for main site) wpsite2_ (for 2nd site)

   In each install root I have a .htaccess file with this code:

   This one is for the main site
   

   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine Off
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   
   #404 Page
   ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
   # END WordPress

   This one is for the 2nd site:

   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine Off
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   
   #404 Page
   ErrorDocument 404 /othersite/404.html
   # END WordPress

   Make sure to have the ErrorDocument handler point to the location of each of your sites 404 page.

   Now this is the lazy way to do it, but I find it effective. When you change a theme you might need to change and edit the page.

   Lastly test out each page, by typing www.mysite.com/THISISATEST and test out your other site www.mysite.com/othersite/THISISATEST

   NOTE
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   Make sure in your httpd.conf file you find and search for the instance of .htacess and edit:

   AllowOverride None switch it to AllowOverride Off

2. csilveira
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   UPDATE:

   Switching ErrorDocument 404 /othersite/404.html & /404.html with:

   index.php?error=404 for both will call for your themes 404 custom page. This will be a better solution so you won't have to update your 404 every time you change your theme.

3. csilveira
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   CORRECTION:

   Under NOTE AllowOverride None under the .htacess instance of your httpd.conf file is supposed to be set to ALL

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