Custom "listingsRecord not found!" page

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Last Post: March 4, 2010   (RSS)

By gadefgaertgqe - March 3, 2010

Hi there,

We have a stock list that changes everyday. The database is wiped and then re-populated. What this means is that any products picked up by a search engine will point at a page which no longer exists. This itself is not a problem as the stock turns over so fast that that listing is no longer relevant. However it would be good to get a visitor from the search engine to go to the main product page if the old page no longer exists. At the moment all that is displayed is:

listingsRecord not found!

Any suggestions on the best way to go about this?

Many thanks

8BG

Re: [8bit Gamer] Custom "listingsRecord not found!" page

By gkornbluth - March 3, 2010 - edited: March 3, 2010

Hi 8BG.

You should see some code similar to this in your viewer: // show error message if no matching record is found
if (!$your_tableRecord) {
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
print "Record not found!";
exit;
}

Just change Record not found! to any text you want to appear. I'm not sure how you would include a link or any styling on that message, but I know that you can accomplish that also. If I find out how, I'll revise this post.

Best,

Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Custom "listingsRecord not found!" page

By Chris - March 3, 2010

Or you can use a redirect:

// redirect to homepage if no matching record is found
if (!$your_tableRecord) {
header("Location: http://www.mysite.com/");
exit;
}

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.
All the best,
Chris

Re: [8bit Gamer] Custom "listingsRecord not found!" page

By gadefgaertgqe - March 4, 2010

Hi guys! Thanks for the answers. All sorted now :)