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I have a custom 404 page template that resides in EE as 404/index.

It’s not getting called from the other template groups save for “home”, the default template group.  But in other template groups like “about,” the 404 page never gets called it just goes to that template’s index page, which from what I gather is by design.

So my question is this:  what is the most efficient method of directing all 404 scenarios to my 404 template group?  I tried using .htaccess to no avail, although i could have done it wrong:  ErrorDocument 404 /404

Just to be clear this generates the correct custom 404 page:  http://www.domain.com/foo

And this does not:  http://www.domain.com/about/foo

Take a look at Strict URLs.

I was just looking for the same info, thanks.

Thanks Ingmar!!!

Best practice for the placement of this code in each of the template group index pages?

{if segment_2 != ''}
  {redirect="404"}
{/if}

Edit:  or better yet, could this be used in an embeded header template?

Yes, that should work. If you want to use an embed of sorts, consider Fresh variables.