Custom 404 pages – How to write one for Community Server 2008
So I've been working on a couple of sites using CS and I decided to customize the 404 page as the default one doesn't help people who are visiting your site very much. I decided to use something simple and easy to implement so here are the details. Any other methods, suggestions or more appealing custom 404 pages are welcomed.
Steps:
- Create a site article for your 404 page (Dashboard » Administration » Site Administration » Manage Articles)
- Use a page name like 404page and a descriptive title that indicates it is a 404 page error. You can take a look at my own 404 page to see how it looks.
- Include the following code:
- <p>We apologize, but we are unable to find the page you are looking for. </p>
<p>Please try using our site search located on the right side to find the content you are looking for or see other suggestions below. </p>
<p>
<script type="text/javascript"><!–
var GOOG_FIXURL_LANG = 'en';
var GOOG_FIXURL_SITE = 'http://JCBauza.com/';
// –></script>
<script src="http://linkhelp.clients.google.com/tbproxy/lh/wm/fixurl.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</p>
- <p>We apologize, but we are unable to find the page you are looking for. </p>
- Don't forget to set your URL Site to your own one so that Google can better suggest results for you and search your site