Custom Missing Template Handler in CF admin

Question

When I try to specify my custom error page as the Missing Template Handler in the CF admin settings, it gives me the below error.

The file specified as the site wide missing template handler does not exist. The default missing template handler will be used until a replacement is created.

This is the OS path of my file

C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\ErrorPages\404.cfm

Here is my web path

http://localhost:8500/ErrorPages/404.cfm

I tried with both path but it is given the same error, I checked and ensured that the file is exist in the path. Then why this error is showing?

Answer 1

The Missing Template Handler input field is asking for a relative path.

Specify the relative path to the template to execute when ColdFusion cannot find a requested template.

In your case, C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\ErrorPages\404.cfm is an absolute path and it will not work.

Enter this: /ErrorPages/404.cfm, this one should work.