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I've created a /404.group/index.html that contains my desired 404 page. In Design ‣ Templates ‣ Global Preferences, I've set my 404 to 404/index.

When I go to domain.com/some-crazy-made-up-url, I do not get the 404 page. However, I do see it when I go to domain.com/404.

What am I doing wrong? I have Enable Strict URLs set to "yes".

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  • Do you get a blank screen or does it render another template? Try enabling Error Reporting and Template Debugging to shed more light. ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/admin/… – Judd Lyon Nov 21 '13 at 5:39
  • It renders the homepage template. I'm not sure if I see anything odd in template debugging. Nothing seems out of place. – ExpressionEngineNewbie Nov 21 '13 at 9:36
  • do you have strict url's set to no or yes? – Jelle Dijkstra Nov 21 '13 at 15:26
  • "yes", per my original post. – ExpressionEngineNewbie Nov 21 '13 at 20:47
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    If you haven't worked this out, yet, can you revise your question and include the exp:channel:entries tag on your home page? Setting require_entry="yes" as a parameter, as well as having {if no_results}{redirect="404"}{/if} might be needed. – Jay F Dec 9 '13 at 1:47
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Check your htaccess file. It's possible you have a 404 redirect statement there too which should be removed.

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  • Nothing in htaccess that relates to 404. I checked the server response for the page I expect to return a 404; it is returning a 404 (used Chrome's web developer toolbar to verify). – ExpressionEngineNewbie Nov 23 '13 at 7:35
  • Try disabling extensions in index.php to see if one is causing the issue... – Anna_MediaGirl♦ Nov 25 '13 at 1:59
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Is this not a simple issue with using .html and not .php? If you create the 404 group page as 404.group/index.php see what you get when you throw in a random url.

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  • The correct extension for ExpressionEngine templates is .html. – Jeremy Gimbel Dec 7 '13 at 0:03

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