[EASY MOD] Show Products On 404 Error Page - Shopping Cart Community : Forum Archive

CharlieFoxtrot

2010-10-10 13:55:23

ISC's default 404 error page (file not found) is a bit bare-bones... and I thought it would be nice to add a little more content as well.

Instead of just telling the customer that the category no longer exists (or has been renamed)... I thought it would be nice to ALSO show a list of featured products as well. (Why waste any opportunity to sell something?!)

Here's what I did for ISC 4.07. ~~ This technique may work in other versions, but I cannot test it. (As usual, make backups, test before going live... yadda-yadda-yadda.)

OPEN FILE: /templates/YOURTEMPLATE/404.html

SEARCH FOR:
%%Banner.BottomBanner%%

ABOVE THAT, ADD:
%%Panel.HomeFeaturedProducts%%

FORMATTED END RESULT LOOKS LIKE:

		<div class="Content Wide" id="LayoutColumn2">

			<h2>%%LNG_NotFound%%</h2>

			<div class="BlockContent">

				<p class="ErrorMessage">

					%%LNG_NotFoundError%%

				</p>

				<p>%%LNG_NotFoundReasonTitle%%</p>

				<ul>

					<li>%%LNG_NotFoundReason1%%</li>

					<li>%%LNG_NotFoundReason2%%</li>

				</ul>

			</div>

			%%Panel.HomeFeaturedProducts%%

			%%Banner.BottomBanner%%

		</div>

Save your changes, upload the 404.html file... test your site.

airduck

2011-08-14 02:16:54

Thank you for this. I just added this to the 404.html file and it looks great. I hated the Interspire plain 404 page and was looking for a way to add something to it. I had thought of adding, Please visit our home page and give a link but showing the featured products are even better!

CharlieFoxtrot

2011-08-14 10:16:48

You're welcome! :D