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plries / paularies.ca

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Pages that are missing should result in a custom 404 page #4

Closed plries closed 6 days ago

plries commented 1 week ago

Description:

There is no unique 404 page to redirect users back to the website if they happen to visit a page that does not exist.

Steps To Reproduce:

Expected Result:

A page with a message saying this page does not exist, and a button that redirects users back to the homepage

Actual Result:

Shows default 404 page with no useful information or brand reinforcement. image

Configurations:

This bug was found in the following configurations.

Safari Edge Firefox Chrome
Desktop (Windows 11) x x x
iPad (iPad OS 18) x x x x
iPhone (iOS 18) x x x x

Severity:

Med

Priority

Low

Type:

Bug

Assignee:

Paul Aries

plries commented 6 days ago

Steps to Solve:

Redirected users with .htaccess to error.php. Added some styling to reinforce brand, and a home and back button to get users back to the content.

ErrorDocument 404 /error.php

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