404 Redirect Problem - Relative Paths Unresolved (even with an HTML Base Tag)

[Initiostar]

One for the coding wizards amongst you!

Where I have a 404 page (e.g. https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk) and type https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/bhabha, a 404 page is correctly rendered as expected, but where I extend the path e.g. https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/bhabha/morebha it fails to render the page (a problem with relative URLs as I now understand).

I added a Base Tag into the 404 page

 <base href= "https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/" target="_blank">

but then the page attempts to render both variants at the same time.

Whilst this is an unlikely scenario and I doubt a sane person would embark on doing it, is there a fix for this issue.

FYI: if you type in http://www.bbc.co.uk/bhabha/morebha it correctly shows the 404 page.

Thoughts and solutions welcome

Thanks,

Gary

[Egg Bramhill]

It appears that going into a sub directory looses access to the 404_htm_files Gary, which is probably what your saying.
I'd suggest keeping the 404 to a single variant.
I've tried loading images from within an iframe which works fairly well.
HOME redirect can just be a text link.
I'm having some success and I'll post an example as soon as I finalise the page.

[Acorn]

Gary, have you tried removing the target from <base href= "https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/" target="_blank"> to just have <base href= "https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/">?

Have you added "ErrorDocument 404 https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/404.htm" to your .htaccess file?

Acorn

[Initiostar]

Thanks Acorn, excellent as always!

I needed the full URL string in the .htaccess file, not just the file /404.htm. I removed target from the base ref too.

Thanks for looking Egg. I wanted to keep the 404 file in the same directory for ease. I can then use a revisit the menu option more easily.

https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/bhabha/morebha.

Many thanks to you both,

Gary

[Acorn]

Thanks Acorn, excellent as always!
I needed the full URL string in the .htaccess file, not just the file /404.htm. I removed target from the base ref too.
Thanks for looking Egg. I wanted to keep the 404 file in the same directory for ease. I can then use a revisit the menu option more easily.
https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/bhabha/morebha.
Many thanks to you both,
Gary

Gary, Good to hear.

I removed the blue box and change the text colour to the darker blue and dropped the graphic into the waves.
It was more dramatic, making me want to error in just to see it again.

A touch of pedantry, "Sandi Goss Life Coach, Clinical Hypnotherapist D.Hyp & Vegan Practitioner" needs a colon or hyphen after the Surname as it is a list.

It was also nice to see one of my cousins helping on the front page:


Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks as always Acorn. I tried the full site pathname in my .htaccess file earlier and it didn't give a 404.htm file at all. As always probably mistyped the url again. Got it working now

[Initiostar]

Thank you Acorn for the suggestions: https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/404.htm. I might need to straighten up my 404 man so he sits in the waves a bit better! Another day.

It was also nice to see one of my cousins helping on the front page:

Your cousin is doing an amazing job in the real world, especially right now in helping people for whom this is not a great time

Win-Win all around. Egg, glad you've got yours working too.

Gary

[Acorn]

Thank you Acorn for the suggestions: https://hypnosis-retreat.co.uk/404.htm. I might need to straighten up my 404 man so he sits in the waves a bit better! Another day.

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