ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Recording 404's - Is it possible? https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:34:41 +0000 Sun, 02 May 2010 10:59:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3671 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : Yes, that&#039;s how the SEO-friendly...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14240.html#14240 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3671
Posted: 02-May-2010 at 10:59am

Yes, that's how the SEO-friendly pages feature works - by using a 404 handler.  Every valid page in the site will result in a 404 hit.
 
Matt's input is excellent. I don't look at GWT very often.
]]> Sun, 02 May 2010 10:59:39 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14240.html#14240 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : Thanks All for the replies......]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14239.html#14239 Author: St_Pierce
Subject: 3671
Posted: 02-May-2010 at 10:39am

Thanks All for the replies...
 
Greg - are you saying that the 404.asp page is called upon every request?  After viewing the comments in the code and added code to record to a .txt file, I see entries are recorded in the text file even when I click valid pages.  So maybe I don't have a problem at all, that the reason 404.asp is the top url is beacuse of what you mentioned in your previous post.
 
Here is what appears in the .txt file when I record Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")
5/2/2010 3:06:33 PM  /store/pc/404.asp 71.224.147.177
 
Matt - I have a google webmaster account... would you see that info under Diagnostics>> Crawl errors?  I've checked that as well and nothing is showing up as an error.
 
Please let me know if I'm understanding everything correctly...  Thanks Guys! 
]]> Sun, 02 May 2010 10:39:12 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14239.html#14239 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : You can create a free account...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14237.html#14237 Author: mattprice
Subject: 3671
Posted: 02-May-2010 at 3:48am

You can create a free account at Google Webmaster Tools and among other things it does a pretty good job at finding 404's from a crawl perspective.  It gives you the 404 url and tells you which page links to the offending 404.
 
Matt
 
]]> Sun, 02 May 2010 03:48:19 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14237.html#14237 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : HiBen,I agree with thisin principal,...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14236.html#14236 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3671
Posted: 01-May-2010 at 11:32am

Hi Ben, I agree with this in principal, but probably not in practice.  One could certainly capture the path and write it to a database table.  Then you build a set of reports to analyze the results.  Client may or may not have the budget for that.  But sure, it could be done.
 
However, here's the rub.  If that were the route one took, you are looking at additional load on the database (maybe not so much of a problem), and potentially massive growth - which could become an issue. 
 
If this were the route that one was to take, then you better be prepared to roll those entries into summary records at some point because in a busy store that's going to grow your database at a phenomenal pace - and potentially increasing hosting costs.   If you consider the load in terms of visitors that a site may receive, including humans, search engine spiders/bots, and stuff like ScanAlert, this becomes a lot of entries.
 
So at that point I'd almost want to write those records in the format of a typical web server log file, and work out a way to cause some off the shelf stats application to read/summarize/report on the data - and of course to clear the logs with regularity.
 
Thoughts on that?
]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 11:32:53 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14236.html#14236 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : yes you could easily capture the...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14234.html#14234 Author: benpate
Subject: 3671
Posted: 01-May-2010 at 11:17am

yes you could easily capture the page and then record it to a database table or write it to a text file.

You would need to do something like Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO") and then choose how you want to record it using one of the previously mentioned methods.]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 11:17:42 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14234.html#14234 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : I&#039;m not sure that whatyou...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14232.html#14232 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3671
Posted: 01-May-2010 at 9:53am

I'm not sure that what you are asking for can be done.  Maybe Sean or another developer has an idea but fundamentally, what is being  revealed in the stats is precisely what is happening.
 
The reason that 404.asp is showing is because that is the page that is used by the SEO mod to determine which page your navigation is pointing to.  That page then performs a redirect to viewprd.asp, while causing the URL to make it appear you are on a product, category or content page.
 
 
]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 09:53:21 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14232.html#14232 <![CDATA[Recording 404's - Is it possible? : Hello Everyone, Does anyone...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/recording-404s-is-it-possible_topic3671_post14231.html#14231 Author: St_Pierce
Subject: 3671
Posted: 01-May-2010 at 8:43am

Hello Everyone,
 
Does anyone have a nifty piece of code for the 404.asp page that would record the page request that is generating the 404?
 
Month after month when viewing my Webalizer statistics, the top url is the 404.asp page.  I think it's being caused by search engine, maybe a relative link problem or something because I sure can't seem to generate one (except If I do it on purpose).
 
I'd like to find out whats going on there... don't need search engines hitting 404's.
 
Thanks!
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