Error 404 page will not work – please help

  • texas001

    (@texas001)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Please can someone help me with the following?

    I am trying to create an error 404 page, If I put the following code in my 404 template (404.php ) I get html code showing, when I type a wrong url

    <?php get_header(); ?>
    <div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”>
    <h2 class=”center”>Error 404 – Not Found</h2>
    </div>
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
    <?php get_footer(); ?>

    However when I add the following simple code instead to the 404 template I get a blank white page.

    <html>
    <body>
    <h1>Not found – 404 error</h1>
    </body>
    </html>

    my .htaccess file is the following

    # BEGIN WordPress

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    File permissions are set to 644
    and my permalinks is set to custom /%postname%

    Please does anyone know why my error 404 page will not work?
    Many Thanks

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