Also, it’s nice to cut the http-referer-as-link-text up in chunks like so: chunk_split($_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’], 25). This makes lines wrap properly.

I’ll link to you then for that magic, saves me typing!

Thanks again for everything you’ve contributed to this thread. I appreciate your feedback.

Happy New Year!!!

Second try at the code:
-----------
(?php
// When there is a refer
if ($_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’]) { ?)
℗The link at (em)(a href=\”” . $_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’] . “\”)” . $_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’] . “(/a)(/em) is incorrect or (em)” . $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’] . “(/em) has been moved, renamed or deleted.(/p)
(?php }
// When there’s no refer
else {
echo “℗(em)” . $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’];
?)
(/em) has been moved, renamed or deleted.(/p)
(?php } ?)
---------
All tags changed to have (‘s and )‘s…for posting-comment-purposes. I also seperated the html from the php as much as made sense (supposed to be better and not kill kittens or something - it made sense when the dev people told me).

I suppose you have something like this on your page, instead of the code you have in the article.

Other things which are sometimes needed are a:
---
# Customized error messages.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
---
In your .htaccess

And a proper http-status message in your 404.php in your wordpress theme folder:
--
(?php ob_start(); ?)
(?php header(“HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found”); ?)
--

Hope that works!

If there is no referrer then the message simply says that the page might never have existed or it’s been moved, deleted, etc.

If there is a referrer then that referrer is listed along with a message saying that the referring link is incorrect.

There’s also a little magic that goes into the “Possible Match(es)” results. If there is no referrer then the requested URI is broken down into it’s component parts and everything after the domain name is then fed into the search engine.

If there is a referrer and that referrer is a search engine, then the query that was submitted to the external search engine is then fed into mine to automatically produce a local search. The results appear as “Possible Match(es)”.

I’d like this page to be as helpful and informative as possible and I think I’m getting there. However, I’ll await your post with interest so as I can properly understand what you’re suggesting. If it’s good, I’ll do my utmost to implement it here.

Thanks for your contribution.

P.S. I’m sorry your original comment got mangled. It seems that WordPress’ comment handler doesn’t like code snippets!

I meant to put a bit of code in that built upon your code, where if there is a referrer, then that output text is written, and if there isn’t, then you get a message where it says: “/requested/uri has been moved, etc. Please try again or try a search.” That should help people coming in from bookmarks or locationbar history.

Wouldn’t it also be handy if the request_uri could be used to dish up some possibly related posts?

Is that what you meant or have I misunderstood?

The link at ” . $_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’] . ” is incorrect or ” . $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’] . ” has been moved, renamed or deleted.
<?php } else {

echo “” . $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’];
?>
has been moved, renamed or deleted.

thanks