Rewrite 404s

[marvso]

Sorry if there is already a topic about this...
I have a very simple php-run CMS that uses the mod rewrite function. And, like everyone else, I'm having trouble accessing the pages under their rewritten urls (404 errors).

I've set my permissions to 755 (they were even originally lower) and replaced my .htaccess with the original file, which reads:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName mariovsonic.pcriot.com
AuthUserFile /home/marvso/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/marvso/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html 
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*)\.htm$ index.php?page=$1

But the problem still persists. Has anyone found a working solution?

 

[callumacrae]

Won't that tell notfound.html to point to index.php?page=notfound?

In my experience with mod_rewrite, it messes stuff up more than it makes stuff look good.

~Callum

 

[dlukin]

Seems to work for me:

Uh-oh! Something went wrong and now you're lost! This means that
either:

A) You clicked on a broken link (click here to report it)

B) You wanted to see this nice 404 error page or

C) You need to practice your typing.

What now?

 

[Livewire]

I'm gunna bet ErrorDocument takes priority over the rewrite rule, or otherwise Alex would've been right and it'd rewrite the error. In any case as long as it works, that's what matters

 

[Livewire]

I didn't even see the missing L in the filter >_<