Dynamic 404 pages

[JackieChun]

I am looking for a forum package that has the ability to generate a custom 404 (either out of the box or via a plugin) that will dynamically display 5 to 10 random/most recent/most popular topics, perhaps with a brief excerpt from those topics. Is this possible with XenForo?

 

[Jeremy]

You will need an add-on, this isn't possible out of the box.

 

[JackieChun]

Is there an add-on like that?

 

[Jeremy]

I do not know one, but you can look in the resources to see if one is available:
http://xenforo.com/community/resources/

 

[JackieChun]

That's the whole purpose of this thread, to ask if the functionality is available, via a plugin or otherwise.

 

[rdn]

You can use BD widget Addon.
Here's an example I made

 

[JackieChun]

That might be work! Will the URL in the address bar still have the missing page's URL? Or will it have the 404 page's URL?

 

[rdn]

I don't know exactly what you mean by that.
But all 404 page will display my desired content (Google Custom Search, Facebook Widget, Top 10 most replied Thread)

Few examples:
https://www.phcorner.net/test
https://www.phcorner.net/thisisatest
https://www.phcorner.net/anythingyouwant
https://www.phcorner.net/threads/testthread.9999999999/
https://www.phcorner.net/forums/testforum.999999999999999/

 

[JackieChun]

Thanks, that's exactly what I was asking. Have you been studying analytics for your 404s? Does it look like these dynamic 404s are indexed by Google?

 

[Dakis]

I don't know exactly what you mean by that.
But all 404 page will display my desired content (Google Custom Search, Facebook Widget, Top 10 most replied Thread)

Few examples:
https://www.phcorner.net/test
https://www.phcorner.net/thisisatest
https://www.phcorner.net/anythingyouwant
https://www.phcorner.net/threads/testthread.9999999999/
https://www.phcorner.net/forums/testforum.999999999999999/

That's interesting, how do you point your 404 to xenforo's page?

 

[Liam W]

That's interesting, how do you point your 404 to xenforo's page?

XenForo does it themselves if the full seo htaccess is present...

Liam

 

[Dakis]

So you just edit the template of the 404 page?

 

[Liam W]

So you just edit the template of the 404 page?

Basically. Although I'm pretty sure it's the same template for all error pages, and the only think that's different is the displayed phrase.

Liam