Redirect to 404error page YET return 404 Status Code

[Pat Carden]

I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users to a
"Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.

The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or spider)
before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302 on
the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.

I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have a
linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following code
in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.

Thanks a lot!

Pat

[Jason Kester]

Response.StatusCode = 404;
Jason Kester
Expat Software Consulting Services
http://www.expatsoftware.com/

[Patrick.O.Ige]

Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users to a "Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.

The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or spider) before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302 on
the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.

I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have a
linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following code in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.

Thanks a lot!

Pat

[Pat Carden]

In the PageNotFound page

I used

Response.StatusCode = 404

Doesn't seem to have the desired effect.

Pat
"Patrick.O.Ige" <pa********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users to

a

"Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.

The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or

spider)

before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302 on
the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.

I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have a
linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following

code

in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.

Thanks a lot!

Pat

[Juan T. Llibre]

Have you tried using :

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/PageNotFound.aspx" />
</customErrors>

in your web.config ?

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
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"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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In the PageNotFound page

I used

Response.StatusCode = 404

Doesn't seem to have the desired effect.

Pat
"Patrick.O.Ige" <pa********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:Oe**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users to

a

"Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.

The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or

spider)

before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302 on
the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.

I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have a
linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following

code

in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.

Thanks a lot!

Pat

[Pat Carden]

Yes that's what I'm using but it return a status code 302 instead of a 404
and then a 200 when it hits the error page.

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uK**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Have you tried using :

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/PageNotFound.aspx" />
</customErrors>

in your web.config ?

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OS**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

In the PageNotFound page

I used

Response.StatusCode = 404

Doesn't seem to have the desired effect.

Pat
"Patrick.O.Ige" <pa********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users
to
a
"Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.

The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or
spider)
before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302
on
the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.

I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have
a
linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.

Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following
code
in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.

Thanks a lot!

Pat

[Patrick.O.Ige]

Pat but if it returned status code 302 did it redirect you to the page you
specified?
Maybe check your IIS settings and see.
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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Yes that's what I'm using but it return a status code 302 instead of a 404
and then a 200 when it hits the error page.

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uK**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Have you tried using :

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/PageNotFound.aspx" />
</customErrors>

in your web.config ?

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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In the PageNotFound page

I used

Response.StatusCode = 404

Doesn't seem to have the desired effect.

Pat
"Patrick.O.Ige" <pa********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users> to
a
> "Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.
>
> The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or
spider)
> before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302> on
> the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.
>
> I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have> a
> linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.
>
> Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following code
> in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Pat
>
>

[Juan T. Llibre]

Could that be because the page is found and you're being redirected ?

;-)

10.3.3 302 Found :
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
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"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
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Yes that's what I'm using but it return a status code 302 instead of a 404 and then a
200 when it hits the error page. "Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uK**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Have you tried using :

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/PageNotFound.aspx" />
</customErrors>

in your web.config ?

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OS**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

In the PageNotFound page

I used

Response.StatusCode = 404

Doesn't seem to have the desired effect.

Pat
"Patrick.O.Ige" <pa********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Pat where is the code you said you tried?
Patrick

"Pat Carden" <pc*****@bellsouth.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:Oe**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to provide a better user experience by redirecting my users to
a
> "Page Not Found" page, using a Custom Errors directive in Web.Config.
>
> The problem is I need to return a 404 error code to the browser (or
spider)
> before redirecting. Now, the system is reporting a status code of 302 on
> the original page and a 200 status code on the error page.
>
> I would like to use Google Sitemaps and they require this, plus I have a
> linkchecking service that is unable to detect the redirect.
>
> Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? I tried with the following
code
> in the "Page Not Found" page, but it didn't yield the desired result.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Pat
>
>