404 question

[mblokdijk]

i am not getting vm 404.

when i type domain.com/asdf/adf it shows the vm homepage

i just want to create my own 404 page.

tried htaccess
tried /templte/templatename/error.php
tried enable 404 in virtuemart
tried sf404 component, etc.

nothing works...

my question is, how can i get my OWN 404 page instead of the vm homepage?

not logical and ugly...

[GJC Web Design]

searched?

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=135091.0

[mblokdijk]

yep... tried all even change the router.php... nothing works.. ;-(

this is not logical.. (below between brackets, from the tread you mentioned)
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for example. if your shop alias is

/shop

then you type in

/shop/axnlksdlklkfjkldgfj     you will NOT get a 404
what you get is    /shop   display, BECAUSE vmart/ joomla has NO idea what the "view" is supposed to be to even know if its a fake category.

& OP,
This really does not create a SEO problem. The canonical url is in the head of the doc.
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in my opinion: 404 means not found, it does not mean 'show vm homepage instead'

i want a 404 to give a message to the viewer, that what he types is not available... it's not that hard.. but i cannot get this to work..