[thelist] custom 404 not used with .shtml addresses

Comharsa comharsa at clara.net
Fri Jun 30 05:16:26 CDT 2000


From: "George Dillon" 

> Creating a custom 404 page, I found something odd when testing it...
> the bogus link: http://www.georgedillon.com/bullshit.htm redirects to
> my custom 404, but http://www.georgedillon.com/bullshit.shtml goes
> to a default internet explorer HTTP 404 message.
> 
> Since every page on my site is now an .shtml, this rather defeats the
> point of a customised 404.

Both worked for me, IE5, PC Win98.

Brian
comharsa at clara.net





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