Ivan Teoh

Most of the basic theme template file are explained. We do felt error 404 page, 404.php, is quite important. There is always a chance that user might click on the page that does not exist. If it does happen, proper error 404 page as following will handle it.

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<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Your_Theme
 */
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
 
<h2><?php _e('Error 404 - Not Found'); ?></h2>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
 
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Related Posts

• WordPress Theme Development 1 – Start with Theme Style Sheet
• WordPress Theme Development 2 – Minimum Main Index Template
• WordPress Theme Development 3 – Header
• WordPress Theme Development 4 – Footer
• WordPress Theme Development 5 – Sidebar
• WordPress Theme Development 6 – Theme Functions
• WordPress Theme Development 7 – Comments
• WordPress Theme Development 8 – Search Form

References

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Error_404_Page