WordPress 404 messing up my root domain’s 404

  • Resolved autumnqiu

    (@autumnqiu)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hello guys,

    I’ve looked through the forums, but so far I’ve yet to come across a solution! It may be lying around somewhere, but somehow eluded me. 🙁 Lemme’ describe my problem!

    My domain is http://brendalogy.net and my WordPress installation is in http://blog.brendalogy.net (or http://brendalogy.net/blog)

    My WordPress already has a working 404 error page (thanks to the 404.php in my theme), which is awesome.

    However, I want to define a static 404 error page for my root domain and its other subdomains, and limit the WordPress 404 error page to just my blog.brendalogy.net subdomain only.

    I’ve tried creating .htaccess file for a custom static 404 error page in order to do so. However, all 404s from my root domain and other subdomains (e.g. http://www.brendalogy.net/lala.html or http://captured.brendalogy.net/wah/) led to a page with my WordPress theme (but no content).

    Here is the .htaccess code in my root domain:

    ErrorDocument 404 http://www.brendalogy.net

    Here’s the .htaccess code in my WordPress subdomain/directory:

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

    Meanwhile, I’ve deactivated everything so my root domain and non-Wordpress subdomains show up my webhost’s default 404 error page for nonexisting pages.

    How do I resolve this 404 problem?

    Many thanks in advance! (:

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    ErrorDocument 404 http://www.brendalogy.net

    That should be something like

    ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php

    No http:// and the name of your custom 404 file.

    Thread Starter autumnqiu

    (@autumnqiu)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Whoo, it’s resolved! Awesome possums!

    Thank you esmi! (:

    x-evolutionist

    (@x-evolutionist)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I am trying to do the same thing. But, my.htaccess file does not have any wordpress text. It only has redirects for my old site. Do I need all the text that autumnqiu posted, or would this line do it?

    ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

    Thank you,

    X

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