ColdFusion 10, IIS 7.5, and custom 404 page

@vishu#13, having a 302 redirect to a 404 error sounds a bit strange, and may not be good for SEO.

@colfaxschuyler, in your web.config, remove the httpErrors container and replace with this one tag:

<httpErrors existingResponse="PassThrough" />

Please see if that helps, at all.

Custom 404's in ColdFusion 10 are a PITA. We still can't get non .cfm templates to 404 to a custom page and Adobe just do not have a clue!

Thanks for the link.  I did some fiddling and found a workaround using IIRF.  I posted instructions on the stackoverflow page you posted.  I think this is a bug that Adobe should address.

Hi

For 404.cfm to display when access a non -exisiting .cfm and .html, you need to place the 404.cfm in both ColdFusion webroot (wwwroot) and your website's webroot.

Your web.config should look like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>

    <system.webServer>

        <httpErrors errorMode="Custom">

            <remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />

            <error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/404.cfm" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />

        </httpErrors>

    </system.webServer>

</configuration>

Now when you access a non exisiting .html say http://www.adobe.com/hello.html then URL should redirect to http://www.adobe.com/404.cfm, below are the steps to follow.

If you want to do the same for site level, then go to error pages in IIS for your site

Choose Respond with a 302 direct with the 404.cfm URL placed in the webroot of your website

Hope it helps

Thanks

VJ