[koberulz]

http://koberulz.webege.com

Under 'Site Updates', I've linked to a page that details the recent updates I made to the site. However, clicking on that link generates a 404 error. The page in question does, however, exist. Linking to other pages with that same link works fine, but as soon as I link it back to the site updates page it returns the same 404 error.

The same thing happened last night, with the preceding site update - the "It's My Body" blog. This page worked fine initially. I updated it, opened the new page, and generated a short link at bit.ly. I then updated the index page with the link under "Site Updates", and got a 404 error, which was also returned by the bit.ly link and the link in my blog's index page, which hadn't been changed. Again, I confirmed that the page was exactly where the link said it should be. Renaming it from 09212010My_Body.php to 09212010Its_My_Body.php and altering the link fixed the issue.

Why are my pages returning false 404 errors, and how do I fix this?

[drums]

Hi,

You're also using authentication, and it's possible the "odd" 404's are related to an issue in your auths or htaccess setup.

drums

[koberulz]

What sort of an issue? As I recall, though, it started before I'd set up .htaccess to do anything more than my custom 404 page. It happened around the time I created print versions in the CSS file. They're the only changes I'd made from a site that was working absolutely fine. I've since password-protected my drafts, added a JavaScript print button and prevented viewing of directories, though I'm not sure how any of that could be the problem.

EDIT: Okay then. It appears I've password-protected the entire site. What've I done wrong?

[drums]

Hi koberulz,

It looks like all your sub directories are set to authorise, because it's still displaying anything from your root directory, but I can't load your CSS files, etc, which are all in subdirs.

drums

[drums]

PS: Collingwood will win!

[koberulz]

I quite specifically password-protected the CSS files. It'll let me get anywhere in Firefox, because I logged in there and it doesn't make me re-enter anything, but I tried opening my site in IE just now and the index page wanted a password, so I'm not sure how you're accessing my root directory.

Here's what I've got in .htaccess:

ErrorDocument 404 /Errors/404notfound.php
ErrorDocument 403 /Errors/403forbidden.php
ErrorDocument 401 /Errors/401authreqd.php

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]

<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

Options -Indexes

I've also got .htaccess files in my Blog folder to password-protect my drafts, and in my Comments, CSS, Scripts, and SpryAssets folders to password-protect everything within those subfolders. Anywhere I've done something horribly wrong?

I still, however, don't see what this, an issue though it is, has to do with the initial issue which became a problem when all .htaccess was doing was using my custom 404 page.

[drums]

Hi koberulz,

It's asking me for the password, but I'm hitting cancel, and then it gives me your html file from the root directory (because there's no auth required).

I know this feels like it's straying from the original request a little, however, even your ErrorDocs require authentication because of the CSS auth requirements, so I can't help but feel there is some relationship between the two, or at the very least, it's making finding the root cause more difficult.

drums

[koberulz]

Weird. When I hit cancel, the password required box just pops up again. I deleted the .htaccess file in the CSS folder, and it's now working, as is the page that was initially incorrectly producing the 404 error, despite me having touched nothing.