Hi Chris,

Thanks for reaching out to us.

Have you had a chance to check the following resources?

• Create a Custom Joomla 404 Page with SP Page Builder
• Forum discussion on custom 404 pages

These may provide an approach that avoids modifying the error.php file directly, so your custom 404 page won't be overwritten during future updates. Please let us know if they meet your requirements or if you're looking for a different type of override mechanism.

Thanks

thanks for those two links.

both make reference to editing the error.php file. So... is it the case that the error.php file is NOT over written when HU is updated? I sense the file IS over written because i have sites where i adapted the error.php file to generate a customer approved 404 page but following recent HU updates, that file was toasted and replaced with the HU default error.php file.

Cab this be confirmed? chris

Hi Chris,

Yes, you are correct. If you modify the error.php file directly, your changes will be overwritten the next time Helix Ultimate template is updated, as the template files are replaced during the update.

At the moment, there isn't an alternative solution or an override mechanism available to preserve custom changes to error.php.

Thank you for your understanding.

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In which case, someone needs to edit the first link you gave as its wrong.

C

If you want to use sp page builder to create a error page, then follow the article.

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the article at https://www.joomshaper.com/blog/create-a-custom-joomla-404-page-with-sp-page-builder?utm_source=chatgpt.com

surely it will fail as it instructs us to EDIT THE ERROR.PHP file.

if we edit that file, as youve confirmed above, changes will be lost as soon as HU is updated.

please confirm?

so, please can i raise a feature request that makes it possible to create an override for error.php so it isnt replaced on HU update?

Sure. However, this would require a significant architectural change, such as supporting a main template with child templates. Without that, it's not possible to implement this right now.

We do have plans to support this in the future, but I can't provide an exact timeframe at the moment.

Thanks for your understanding.