Custom 404 Page and IE 8

abroadinspain · #1 Aug 2, 2009, 08:04 PM

I created a custom 404 page to be used with Atahualpa 3.2 by making a 404.php file and placing the following code inside:

Code:

<?php 
global $options; 
foreach ($options as $value) { 
	if (get_option( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { 
		$$value['id'] = $value['std']; 
	} else { 
		$$value['id'] = get_option( $value['id'] ); 
	} 
}
if ( is_page() ) { global $wp_query; $current_page_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id(); }
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<p align="left"><font size=5><b>OOPS!!!  It looks like that page got lost.</b></font></p>
<p align="left">I'm sorry to say that the page you were looking for could not be found.  You may wish to go back to my <a href="http://abroadinspain.com">home page</a> or you could try using the search box in the upper-right corner of this page.</p>

			
<?php get_footer(); ?>

The custom 404 page works wonderfully in all browsers that I have tested it in, except in IE 8. In that browser, the custom 404 page loads sometimes but other times I get the standard IE "this page cannot be found" 404 page. The custom 404 file does appear to work in earlier versions of IE, just not IE 8.

I'm not really sure if this is a theme issue, a wordpress issue, or an IE issue, but does anyone know why this might be happening? I tried posting this question over at the wordpress forums and everybody seemed stumped.

The best way to re-create this issue is to visit a page that doesn't exist on my server using IE 8 as your browser. For example, you could try visiting the following non-existent page: http://abroadinspain.com/404-doesnt-work-on-ie

If anyone can shed some light on this problem, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance!

--Chris