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I have turned on strict URL’s and am able to generate the 404 for pages that don’t exist at segment_1 however at segment_2 it will not trigger, it just stays on the index of that template group i.e.

mysite.com/about/dfdfdf - just stays on about page but:

mysite.com/asfsdfd - will trigger the 404.

I have index.php removed via the htaccess.

I find it increaingly frustrating to get 404 templates working correctly in EE, WordPress handles them perfectly out the box which is great for SEO.

I have read on conditionals for segments to trigger but this method does not suit our template structure because we are using some templates to display a list of entries plus the single entry.

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Hi, IDF Marketing -

My apologies that it has taken a bit to get a response to you.  I do want to point to a part of our support policy on support request handling - just to point out how we order handling on the support forums.

404s look for a valid template group in segment 1. To check segment 2 you need to use the conditional in the strict url docs:

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

I have read on conditionals for segments to trigger but this method does not suit our template structure because we are using some templates to display a list of entries plus the single entry.

Can you clarify your template structure? Are you using the index template, based on segment conditionals to display different content?

Hi Lisa,

I have a portfolio template group - in that index template is conditions that says

{if segment_1=="portfolio" AND segment_2==""}
then show all of the portfolio items as thumbnails
{/if}

{if segment_1=="portfolio" AND segment_2!=""}
Show me the single portfolio piece because the segment 2 is going to be the url title of the portfolio piece
{/if}

I have it set like that in order to keep the URL short and clean rather than having another template called piece for example - i.e. portfolio/piece/name_of_work_item

You can see that I can not use segment_2 conditionals with a template structure like this.

Hi, IDF Marketing - in your situation, you won’t be able to check for a valid template group.  If you want to use that feature of strict URLs, you would be best to separate your templates instead of using that conditional as you posted in #3.