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Using EE 1.6.8
I created a 404 error template and it works fine except on pages that are using a listing.
If you try http://www.hope-link.org/ghghhg, it should bring up my 404 page ok.
If you enter http://www.hope-link.org/events/foo, it brings up a confused page that combines the events, which I’m listing on the page as a list of sections, and another totally unrelated page. Thanks for any help.

Hi Brianhl

You will need to use a conditional here to check if {segment_2} is something you intended. If not then redirect it to a 404.  I have included an example below to show you what I mean.

{!-- there should not be any segment_2 unless it is equal to category --}
{if segment_2 AND segment_2  != "category"}
    {redirect="site/404"}
{/if}

{!-- if this is a category page, make sure the category actually exists and has entries --}
{if segment_2 AND segment_2 == "category"}
    {exp:channel:entries channel="articles" limit="1"} 
        {categories}
            {if category_url_title != "{segment_3}"}
                {redirect="site/404"}
            {/if}
        {/categories}
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{/if}

I hope this makes things a little clearer for you.

Sincerely,

Barry Cogan

Thanks Barry,

I came across this today and your code was really helpful!

-NorthK

Glad Barry was able to help. Closing older thread.