Switching From Godaddy due to poor Custom 404 page support

  • noshackles

    (@noshackles)


    18 years ago

    I am giving up trying to solve my custom 404 page problem on Godaddy. I don’t think that Godaddy users can specify to use a custom 404 page in their .htaccess file. The custom 404 page must be set on their control panel. However, once it is set at the control panel level and if you have .htaccess set up for permalinks there is a conflict. That causes the custom 404 page to not be called in the directory where the .htaccess file is located.

    I am considering switching to hostgator. However, before doing so – can someone vouch for hostgator support for custom 404 pages. If you have a WP site using hostgator would you provide a link. Also would you list what was required to get the 404 page to work properly.

    thanks

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  • jetshack

    (@jetshack)

    instead of focusing on one host,
    what are your requirements as relates to space and bandwidth…

    Since you’re currently on godaddy and are looking at hostgator I’m wondering if you’re not being influenced by the massiveness of their plans…

    Are yout thinking that since hostgator offers 3.5GB of space and 50GB of xfer they’re obviouslly “better” than a simillary priced plan at another host which doesn’t offer nearly as much space and xfer? If so you might reconsider.

    Personal experience here but, I’ve helped people who use the massive hosts like godaddy and hostgator and I’ve helped people who’ve used the supercheap hosts. But what I’ve found is that places like HostNexus that tend to give me the least problems.

    You might try taking a look at
    https://www.webhostingtalk.com
    you’ll get good responses to any questions you ask there… (Do a search or two first)

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