hotcut — Sun, 16 Dec 2001 08:36:16 +0000

I agree Mark!

I would personally tell everyone whom I know never to visit the site, I would make sure to get rid of that shitty program, and never visit there again.

Re: okay, I getcha

Mark Hensler — Sun, 16 Dec 2001 05:53:17 +0000

If a site adds itself to my bookmarks or makes it my homepage, I will never visit again. I don't care how usefull the site is.

I had a site infect my IE, by taking over the in-browser 'Search' tab. It took me forever to find out how to fix that. That really ticked me off!

okay, I getcha

Suzanne — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:18:19 +0000

That's changing settings that are available in the browser only.

There is a difference between url not found (in IE you get their default page) and search and server error documents. Server error documents are a response from the server, so wouldn't fall into the DNS error (no response) or search (client-side action) categories.

A DNS error is the "site not found" error.

I would be leery about these types of hijackings because (and I'm quite serious about this) they don't help the user and would more likely make people angry than grateful. While you would drive up traffic, you will also drive up user frustration and anger.

If you offer is as a feature of your site "use our search engine, it's better than Google!" sort of thing, that's one thing, but if you simply hijack their browser, they are going to get pissed.

Regardless, you can't hijack 404 pages.

Suzanne

webmaster guy — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:57:32 +0000

this is the quote form the followong link i provide...: this is what I am talking about: "The Search and Error Creator java script is perfect for any website with a web search or for webmasters who have search affiliates. This java script sets all default search pages and DNS error pages on your visitors browser to whatever URL you want them to see. If a visitor enters a URL that is no longer working or clicks on their SEARCH button, the website that you entered into the java script will show up in their browser. Just think how much traffic your search could receive if every visitor that came to every website you own used your search engine as their default search."

Now maybe i am misunderstanding 9would not be the first time that is for sure) but i thought that is what that meant. I don't want someone to make the script for me...i want to learn more about the script...that is why I am asking.

here is the link to it (i saw it on ebay...so don't laugh)

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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1677373272

Webmaster Guy

Re: maybe i better explain a liitle better....my bad

Suzanne — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:03:04 +0000

Quote: This 'script" would change the 404 default when they visited my site 9just like the auto homepage and bookmark scripts) cept this one is less "wrong" in my opinion.

Well, actually, it's MORE wrong, since the 404 page tells the user vital information. It's even more wrong than that because you don't understand the concept.

A 404 page is generated by the server, it's not anything that's stored on the user's computer or browser.

Auto homepage and bookmark scripts are client-side technologies, as they are interactions between the page and the browser displaying it.

Error pages display server errors.

HTH, and try to stay out of jail, because the only way to hijack 404 pages is to crack all the servers on the web.

Suzanne

hotcut — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:28:25 +0000

I believe doing something like that would be classified as hacking.
You are not allowed to change files like that on the client computer

maybe i better explain a liitle better....my bad

webmaster guy — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:45:21 +0000

alright...i don't want to change what people see if they get a 404 page necessarily on my site. i want to change what they sse on any 404 site..like browser side. You have heard of scripts that change homepages and bookmarks automatically with out asking the visitor right...? Well i want one taht changes the browsers 404 default error to any url i specify. So anytime that user gets gos to any site and gets a 404 error code..it gos to the site I told it to.

This 'script" would change the 404 default when they visited my site 9just like the auto homepage and bookmark scripts) cept this one is less "wrong" in my opinion.

Sorry for the misleading info I posted before. I should have been more specific.

Let me know if anyone has any info regarding this....

Webmasster Guy

.htaccess file on Apache servers

Suzanne — Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:40:48 +0000

This is the most common way to do it for an Apache server (Unix):

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

You can name the page whatever you please. The forward slash says it's in the root directory, so you can, if you want, pop it in a directory, just list it from the root.

This is mine: zerocattle.com/404.html

Reference: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/custom-error.html

Suzanne

P.S. It's not a script.