FP: Error HTTP 404 if Page URL Contains a Space

 Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q151044

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to view a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that contains spaces, you may receive one of the following error messages: 

   HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found.

   -or-

   HTAccess: Error accessing "url": HTTP: file/directory does not
   exist.

CAUSE

Some browsers do not support spaces in the URL.

MORE INFORMATION

FrontPage Editor displays the following warning message when an attempt is made to save a page with an invalid URL 

   "<file name>.htm" is not a valid Page URL for the current Web. Do
   you want to save the page with this URL?"
where <file name> is the name of your file.

This message is confirmation that some browsers will be unable to view this page.

Additional query words:
Keywords : fphtml kbusage kbdta
Version : windows:1.0,1.1,97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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