Comments on: Accessible 404 (PageNotFound) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

By: Custom Error Pages in SharePoint « SPMatt

Custom Error Pages in SharePoint « SPMatt — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:09:34 +0000

[...] is another line of thought however, predominantly outlined by Waldek Mastykarz in his posts Accessible 404 (PageNotFound) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint 2010 'Page not found (404)' page the way it should be. This advocates [...]

By: Shawn Z

Shawn Z — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:49:14 +0000

To add custom HTML tags such as meta description, keywords, and titles, you will want to edit the page in SharePoint Designer. We first need to start be verifying the existing page and template are in good form and readable by SharePoint. Skipping this step can lead to erroneous error.
1) Open SharePoint Designer
2) Edit in Advanced Mode
3) Goto Design View — This will test the pages and all problems denoted need corrected.
4) Go to code view and add the custom Title in “asp:Content “ named “PlaceHolderPageTitle”. This should be the Content, omit the title tags.
5) META Description goes in the “asp:Content” named “PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead”. This will be the actual HTML code.
When I followed the directions provided by others, I had a small problem in the ASP which provided an accurate error by following steps 1-3.

By: Ted Assur

Ted Assur — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:22:32 +0000

Hi Waldek:

Also it seems that this http module is unable to catch and 404s caused by attempting to go a folder that does not exist. e.g., "http://yoursite/foo/bar/". When your 404 module is installed, this seems to trigger the basic sharepoint 404 path (webApplication.FileNotFoundPage) and doesn't hit the module.

By: Ted Assur

Ted Assur — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:41:10 +0000

Make sure you test that the page they\'re requesting when they get the 404 is not /pages/PageNotFound.aspx ! You might get stuck…