I bought the new version for joomla 1.6 to have 404 redirected to Frontpage. but that does not work, all i get is 404 category not found....

What am i doing wrong?

Ok, some more info :)

We have set up a new joomla website under our old domain (www.equimea.de). We are Usind the SEF URLs from joomla configuration.
What we want is, that the customers who find our old URLs, for example by a google search, dont see the joomla standard 404, but are being redirected to our frontpage.

So ive bought and installed JoomSEF and tried to configurer "404" in the configurtion:

404 Page Frontpage
Show 404 Message NO
Record 404 page hits? YES

Then i save and try to prove it is working.

When typing a non existent URL like www.equimea.de/asdbfjkasdbfjkaadf several things happen sometimes:

1. I am redirected to www.equimea.de/component/content/article?id=0 and get the error :Article not found

OR
2. The Website reloads every second, and nothing happens

OR

3 Website NOT FOUND (www.equimea.de/componrfgwegwg.htm7)

Whe trying to acess a non existent page via google (www.equimea.de/individuelle-boxenschilde...foto-alu-dibond.html)

i am redirected to: www.equimea.de/component/content/category
And get the joomla 404 error category not found....

So, what am i doing wrong?

Thx for your help :)

Hello!

I have the same problem.

is there anybody to help us?

many thanks!

I have the same problem!!!!!!

Its always leading to /component/content/category with a 404 Page i've never seen before.

I have no idea what to do!!!

Additional comment:
If I change the text of the custom redirect page, its not saving it. The text gets overwritten by the standart text every time.

I cant get the 404 function working, even if i disable the Joomla 1.6 redirect component and plugin!

Hello madmarion, thanks for share your experience. I disable plugin redirect and I purgue sef urls but sh404 frontpage continue not working. How can you disable redirect component?

many thanks!