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If your site is in the ITS Centrally Supported Offering, you already have this reporting system in place.

If it is outside of the ITS Centrally Supported Offering and you want to have this automatic broken link reporting system on your site, you will need to add the code using one of the following options.

If you want a static self contained file, use the HTML/Javascript code. You would then use it to replace the default apache or IIS default 404 error page. It does not have any theming.
For those that have the ability to take advantage of PHP, the second bit of code should be used. (No theming; it is to be used with an existing system, such as Drupal or Joomla)

NOTE:

If you have an old reporting page and you JUST want to update the links to point to the new location, please change the following lines:

The POST:

OLD: <form name="report_error" method="post" action="https://search.charlotte.edu/error/?p=report">

NEW: <form name="report_error" method="post" action="https://web.charlotte.edu/site/error/report">

The Image:

OLD: <img src="https://search.charlotte.edu/error/images/search-icon.png" style="float: right; padding: 0 0 0 5px;" alt="404 Icon">

NEW: <img src="https://web.charlotte.edu/sites/all/themes/UNCC_Theme-Drupal/uncctheme/images/search-icon.png" style="float: right; padding: 0 0 0 5px;" alt="404 Icon">

HTML & JavaScript Code

<html>
<title>Error Page - UNC Charlotte</title>

<body style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px;">

<div align="center">
<div style="width:650px; min-height:260px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 20px; margin: 50px; text-align:left;">
<img src="https://web.charlotte.edu/sites/web.charlotte.edu/files/media/search-icon.png" style="float: right; padding: 0 0 0 5px;" alt=" ">

<!-- START: Error Form -->
<strong>The Page you are looking for was not found.</strong>
<BR /><BR /><br /><br /><br />

<ol>
<li>

<form name="report_error" method="post" action="https://web.charlotte.edu/site/error/report">


      <style type="text/css"> .mybutton {background-color: #00703C; color:#FFFFFF; height: 40px; cursor: pointer;} .mybutton:hover {background-color: red; color:#FFFFFF; } </style>
	  
      <script language="JavaScript">
        loc = document.location.href;
        ref = document.referrer;
        function show_loc() { document.write("<input name='loc' type='hidden' value='" + loc + "'> "); }
        function show_ref() {document.write("<input name='ref' type='hidden' value='" + ref + "'> "); }
      </script> 
	  
      <input name="error_type" type="hidden" value="404">
      <script type="text/javascript">show_loc();</script>
      <script type="text/javascript">show_ref();</script>
      <input name="error_type" type="hidden" value="404">

      <input type="submit" class="mybutton" value="Click here to Report this Error &raquo;">

</form>
<!-- END: Error Form -->
</li>

<br /><br />
<li>Go the <a href="http://www.uncc.edu/">The University's Home Page</a></li>
<br /><br /><br />

<li>Use the  <a href="http://search.uncc.edu/">Univeristy Search</a></li>

</ol>
</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

PHP Code

<!-- START: Error Form -->
<strong>The Page you are looking for was not found.</strong>
<BR /><BR />
<img src="https://web.charlotte.edu/sites/web.charlotte.edu/files/media/search-icon.png" style="float: right; padding: 0 0 0 5px;" alt="404 Icon">
<BR /><BR />
Please try one of the following...
<BR /><BR />

<form name="report_error" method="post" action="https://web.charlotte.edu/site/error/report">
  <ul>
    <li>Use the search in the upper right corner<p /></li>
    <li>Go to the <a href="http://www.uncc.edu/">University Home Page</a><p /></li>
    <li>Or, Report this ERROR to our admins:

      <style type="text/css">
        .mybutton {background-color: #00703C; color:#FFFFFF; height: 40px; cursor: pointer;}
        .mybutton:hover {background-color: red; color:#FFFFFF; }
      </style>
	  
      <?php
        function CurrentPageURL() { 
          $pageURL = $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on' ? 'https://' : 'http://';
          $pageURL .= $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] != '80' ? $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] . ":" . $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] : $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
          return $pageURL;
        }
        $report_loc = CurrentPageURL();
        $report_ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];  
      ?>
	  
      <input name="loc" type="hidden" value="<?=htmlentities($report_loc)?>">
      <input name="ref" type="hidden" value="<?=htmlentities($report_ref)?>">
      <input name="error_type" type="hidden" value="404">
      <input type="submit" class="mybutton" value="Click here to Report this Error &raquo;">
    </li>
  </ul>
</form>
<!-- END: Error Form -->

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