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Custom 404 Error Pages for Joomla!

Creating custom 404 Error page for Joomla 1.5

Monday, 15 February 2010 13:59
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That's all about error 404 "Page Not Found". By definition HTTP 404 is a standard response code meaning that your browser was able to connect to the server, but the requested page/file could not be located by it. Wikipedia provides a lot of information on this topic. For me (and I think others) the main purpose of creating custom 404 page - is search engine optimization. Why should I lose users who made a typo in URL or used an out-of-date link?

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 06:22

Tracking 404 errors with Google Analytics in Joomla

Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:03
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As I wrote in my previous article, 404 error page should be at least informative (visitor to understand it's an error page) and useful (visitor to has many links where to go to). But this is not the final task. To my mind main purpose of 404 error page is to track where does the 404 error come from. If it's a broken link on the same site why we should keep saying "Sorry, this page doesn't exist"? Let's try to find and fix it!

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Last Updated on Saturday, 07 May 2011 13:22
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