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I have some Template Groups that have an unused index.  For such Groups, URLs of the form “…/template-group” or “…/template-group/xxxx” will bring one to a blank page rather than generate a 404.

I would obviously like to avoid sending a visitor to a blank page.  Is there a way to deal with this via EE configuration, and if not, any suggestions on commonly used methods?

Thanks.

Put {redirect="404"} into the index template.

Tried that, and I now see it in the User Guide.  However, when I try it, the page (via browser) simply displays that as literal text:  {redirect=“404”}

It is the only data/text in the Template.  I must need to do something else.  The Template is defined as Type=Web Page.

Very odd.  I had cut and pasted your text into the template and it failed.  I just cut and pasted it out of the User Guide and it worked.  No idea.

Anyway, thanks for the info—it was exactly what I needed.

is there any template group/template named “404”?

redirect allows redirect to another template.

So if you have created the template group named “404”, please try with {redirect="404/index"} i.e give full template path including group name.

The reason the one you pasted from here probably didn’t work was because of the fancy quotes around 404.  I should have put it in a code block and they would not been converted when I posted.

You do not need to have a 404 template group setup.  When you {redirect="404"} it redirects to whatever is set in Template Manager > Global Template Preferences > 404 page.

Fancy quotes will get you!  I was beginning to wonder if my eyes had deceived me.

Yes, I realize that about the 404.  In fact, I had already set the system preference and knew it was working under other conditions.

Again, thanks.

the3mus1can, thanks a lot. my way wasn’t correct.

again many thanks ...