Problem with Custom 404 Page

[Kevin]

I seem to be having trouble with my custom 404 error page showing up. here is the code in my .htaccess file:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^eccarconnections.com [nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.eccarconnections.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* ./index.php

ErrorDocument 404 /page_not_found.html
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I have tried everything I can think of. Am I missing something?

Here's the actual 404 page:
http://www.eccarconnections.com/page_not_found.html

[nikolosnet]

Your option will not work. In htaccess file all requests are sent to index.php, If this file exists then the design of "ErrorDocument 404 / page_not_found.html" not processed, because apache found he needed file. To address the need to index.php to handle the output buffer. For example:

Code:

//index.php
require_once('system/core/System.php');
System::loadSystemSettings ('system/user-config/DefaultSettings.php');
System::loadSystemSettings ('system/user-config/LocalSettings.php');

if (is_null(System::getSystemSettings('SITE_URL')))
{
header("Location: install.php");
exit;
}
elseif (is_readable("install.php"))
{
echo '<p>Your installation is temporarily disabled because the install.php file in the root of your'
.' installation is still readable.<br> To proceed, please remove the file or change its mode to make'
.' it non-readable for the Apache server process and refresh this page.</p>';
exit;
}

require_once('admin/lang/'. System::getSystemSettings('LOCALE').'.php');

System::boot();
System::init();
function buffer_handle($buffer){
if($buffer=="404 Not Found")
redirect(System::getSystemSettings('SITE_URL')."/page_not_found.html");
else
return $buffer;
}
ob_start('buffer_handle');
System::respond();
ob_flush();

[Kevin]

nikolosnet...Thanks !! that worked perfectly