Title: Custom 404 page in windows based server.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom 404 page in windows based server.

 *  Resolved [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/)
 * Hello
 * Before anybody gets pissed and screams RTFM because im asking about help topic
   i am going to say that i have read the text at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Error_404_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Error_404_Page)
 * And this text is of little use to me. I also had problem with human friendly 
   urls, but that got solved when i entered /%postname%/ as default permalink conf
   and wordpress wrote into web.config file. Thats right… web.config not .htaccess–
   that is the root of my problems.
 * Q1) – what do i have to do with web.config so that nonexisting urls were directed
   to index.php?error=404
 * Q2) – what do i have to do with wordpress so that example.com/index.php?error
   =404 would display error page not my front page? The design that i am using has
   404.php. This 404.php contains basic 404 stuff that the default 404.php has:
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
    <div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”> <h2 class=”center”
   >Error 404 – Not Found</h2> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>
 * but when i go to index.php?error=404 then all is see is frontpage. apparently
   this is not the problem of the design, as when i turn on the default design i
   get the same results.
 * Alan

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 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158617)
 * Ok i did some research and added this to my web.config :
 *  <httpErrors>
    <remove statusCode=”404″ subStatusCode=”-1″ /> <error statusCode
   =”404″ subStatusCode=”-1″ path=”[http://est243wp.myfolderburg.com/index.php?error=404&#8243](http://est243wp.myfolderburg.com/index.php?error=404&#8243);
   responseMode=”Redirect” /> </httpErrors>
 * right after rewrite rules added by wordpress. It redirects to index.php?error
   =404, but that page is exactly like front page. I added
    <script type=”text/javascript”
   >alert(“here!”);</script>
 * into 404.php but as i get no alert with text HERE, when going to missing page,
   i suspect that something else is wrong, but i have no idea what as i am wordpress
   newbie – Still need help here.
 * Alan.
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158729)
 * Hello!
 * I scanned the forums and this problem seems to be at least 6 months old with 
   no fix so far.
 * Is this problem with how index.php deals with additional parameters?
 * ?error=404 is just a parameter sent to index.php or what? And all other parameters
   like ?page_id=2 work just fine…
 * Can anyone reply if this is right or wrong and what could be done?
 * Alan
 *  [ammadzee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammadzee/)
 * (@ammadzee)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158738)
 * zayatzz,
    i am facing the same problem. cant get the right 404 working. my installation
   in on godaddy and i already tried .htaccess method which was popular on google.
   ive got a bigger problem to deal with right now so i am going to put this on 
   one side for the time being. hopefully soon ill look into it. btw who is your
   hosting provider?
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158745)
 * Some estonian provider named folderburg…. [http://www.folderburg.com](http://www.folderburg.com)–
   their page is in estonian, so i dont think you can find anything useful there
   and i do not think that the hosting is the issue anyway…
 * somebody tell me if am wrong – if i enter address.com/index.php?error=404 i should
   see the error page no matter how the .htaccess or web.config redirects. Its valid
   address and it should work. But it does not so i suspect the problem is within
   wordpress code not htaccess…
 * Especially since all other parameters following ? mark work just fine, like i
   said before – look stuff about ?page_id=2 working.
 * I did go over the wordpress files with searchmonkey and found 404 related stuff
   in many files.. i would not even know where to start my search for the flaw… 
   if it even exists. Some input from wordpress team would be really nice.
 * Alan.
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158762)
 * Bump… any help?
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158791)
 * Is there a way to get/ask wordpress technical assistance – get feedback from 
   the guys who actually wrote this wordpress code?
 * Or they dont hang out here?
 * Alan.
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158795)
 * I found this old link which describes one solution.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36214?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36214?replies=6)
 * The solution posted there still does not serve the 404.php i can set up and change
   through wordpress admin.
 * Why couldnt it just work via index.php?error=404?
 * I still could use help or explanation why i should use hacks and the default 
   solution does not work….
 * Alan.
 *  Thread Starter [zayatzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zayatzz/)
 * (@zayatzz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-page-in-windows-based-server/#post-1158796)
 * Ok i finally found the stuff that works.
 * solution is here:
 * [http://ruslany.net/2008/12/enable-custom-errors-in-wordpress-on-iis-70/](http://ruslany.net/2008/12/enable-custom-errors-in-wordpress-on-iis-70/)
 * Can finally set this topic resolved!
 * Alan.

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