404 redirection

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=24061#post-159891

Thanks for the link kafkaesqui but the main reason I am having to do this is because I am having trouble writing to my .htaccess.

Is there another way of doing this not using .htaccess ?

If you have access to your server’s .conf file…

Seriously, one way you may be able to this (and still point to the proper theme) is to treat the 404.php in your root as a non-themed but still WP template file by adding this at the top:

<?php
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require(./wp/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

Then to call the various template includes (header, footer, etc) for the active theme, use this format:

<?php load_template( TEMPLATEPATH . '/header.php'); ?>

Actually, not thinking deep enough tonight. get_header(), get_footer() and so on will continue to work. So no need for the slightly longer version above.

Thanks Kafkaesqui ??

I think I may have found an easier solution though.

Any error pages are directed to my 404.shtml so I have added a quick redirect script there and linked that to a simple error announcement on a static page.

It seems to work.

Have a look…

https://shadows.os42.com/this-page-will-not-work

Thanks again for your help ??