Products

Evoq Content Overview Content Creation Workflow Asset Management Mobile Responsive Personalization Content Analytics SEO Integrations Security Website PerformanceEvoq Engage Overview Community Management  Dashboard  Analytics  Member Profile Gamification Advocate Marketing Community Engagement  Ideas  Answers  Discussions  Groups  Wikis  Events Mobile ReadyDNN Support PackagesEvoq: CMS FeaturesEvoq OnDemandCompare DNN's CMS Products

Solutions

Content Management SystemMulti-Channel PublishingDigital MarketingOnline Community ManagementIntranet Software SolutionOur CustomersPrime

Resources

Test DrivesSchedule A DemoDocumentation CenterWebinarsWhite PapersProduct ManualsRequest PricingData SheetsCase StudiesEvoq Preferred Products Content Management Ecommerce Forms Identity Management and Authentication Site Management Social Themes

Partners

DNN Partners Partner Directory Become a DNN Partner Partner Program Overview  Hosting  Implementation  ISV  Training  Competencies

Community

Participate Ask a Question Forums Community Showcase DNN MVP  Program Overview  Lifetime MVPs  Honorary MVPs Subscribe to DNN Digest Advisory Groups  Awareness Advisory Group  Developer Advisory Group  Partner Advisory Group  Technology Advisory GroupLearn Documentation Wiki Community Blog Video Library Project History Development RoadmapDownload DNN Store Language Packs Manuals Nightly BuildsSecurity Policies Security Center

Blog

About

News Press Releases News Coverage Press KitCareersContact DNN

QA

Ideas Test

New Community Website

Ordinarily, you'd be at the right spot, but we've recently launched a brand new community website... For the community, by the community.

Yay... Take Me to the Community!

Welcome to the DNN Community Forums, your preferred source of online community support for all things related to DNN.
In order to participate you must be a registered DNNizen
HomeHomeUsing DNN Platf...Using DNN Platf...Administration ...Administration ...Get a 404 page rather than DNNGet a 404 page rather than DNN's default action of going to the home page?
Previous
 
Next
New Post
5/26/2009 3:44 PM
 
David Snow


www.AgingSafely.com
Joined: 9/18/2006
Posts: 226

Aging Safely Inc. has its own web site and also hosts about 100 others as DNN parent portals on a subscription bases.  When a customer cancels their subscription there portal goes away along with any data and links on www.Aging Safely.com. Unfortunatly the links at Google and Yahoo don't go away at the same tiime. When someone types in a Google search and clicks on one of these "dead" links they are re-directed by DNN to our home page with no idea why they arrived there.

I'd like to have a traditional 404 page, and give them a choice.  How can I easily change DNN's behaviour?

 

/Dave S
 
New Post
6/17/2009 11:42 AM
 
David Snow


www.AgingSafely.com
Joined: 9/18/2006
Posts: 226

Doesn't anone have a clue how to get DNN to have a 404 page rather than redirecting to the home page?

 

/Dave S
 
New Post
11/25/2009 9:53 AM
 
Andrew Larson

www.tacnet.com
Joined: 10/24/2005
Posts: 1

I am having this same problem as well. Does anyone know how to change this behavior?
 
New Post
2/15/2010 4:48 PM
 
David Snow


www.AgingSafely.com
Joined: 9/18/2006
Posts: 226

I finially "cheated" and used PageBlaster to do a 301 redirect to a page that had NOINDEX in the meta tags. After a time the sites drop out of Google.

Yuk what a way to have to get a 404

/Dave S
 
New Post
8/27/2010 12:19 PM
 
David Snow


www.AgingSafely.com
Joined: 9/18/2006
Posts: 226
The above approach worked on Google.  The page I redirected to was called "NoLongerHosted"." Now when looking at Aging Safely's search results at Yahoo and Bing the not only linked to the page but listed it under my site as an important page.  They also cached it.  So much for <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW, NOCACHE"> in the header.  Once again Google follows the rules and the other search engines may not.


/Dave S
 
 Page 1 of 1
Previous
 
Next
HomeHomeUsing DNN Platf...Using DNN Platf...Administration ...Administration ...Get a 404 page rather than DNNGet a 404 page rather than DNN's default action of going to the home page?


These Forums are dedicated to discussion of DNN Platform and Evoq Solutions.

For the benefit of the community and to protect the integrity of the ecosystem, please observe the following posting guidelines:

  1. No Advertising. This includes promotion of commercial and non-commercial products or services which are not directly related to DNN.
  2. No vendor trolling / poaching. If someone posts about a vendor issue, allow the vendor or other customers to respond. Any post that looks like trolling / poaching will be removed.
  3. Discussion or promotion of DNN Platform product releases under a different brand name are strictly prohibited.
  4. No Flaming or Trolling.
  5. No Profanity, Racism, or Prejudice.
  6. Site Moderators have the final word on approving / removing a thread or post or comment.
  7. English language posting only, please.
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out