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25 Mar 2009, 8:57 AM
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404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200

Hi, hopefully someone can help me with this.

When trying to verfy my site with Google Webmaster tools, they said it could not be verified because:

We've detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.

Apparently this means my site is not secure. I believe it is something to do with the .htaccess file.

here is my .htaccess in the root of my site.

BOF SSU

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

Deny access from .htaccess

RewriteRule ^.htaccess$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA]

EOF SSU

Could someone please advise me how to change this so my 404 pages return the correct 404 status?

Please bear in mind that I have no coding knowledge so will need to spoon fed.

Many thanks

Flying Penguin
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25 Mar 2009, 9:42 AM
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Re: 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200

flyingpenguin:

When trying to verfy my site with Google Webmaster tools, they said it could not be verified because:

We've detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.Well, you've currently got your Zen Cart store configured to show your Home Page when a Page Not Found problem occurs.
Try changing the setting in Admin->Configuration->My Store->Missing Page Check to ... "Page Not Found"

flyingpenguin:

Apparently this means my site is not secure.
I'm not sure how it means the "site is not secure".

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