(context: I’m having a forum with a lot of private groups/categories for working groups) When a visitor goes to a private category, they get a: Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private with additional features (go see the top posts…) that are tailored to a page not found My users tell me it’s …

I’ve also been looking to come up with a way to improve this page. I run a membership site and it is confusing for users to click a link to a discussion in a private group and be greeted with a page that seems like a 404 error. Any ability to add custom content to this page would be very welcome. I…

Did you enable the detailed 404 page in your site settings?

Ooooooh, much better indeed, thanks! [image] There is still something a bit off in the workflow, when (as an anonymous visitor), I click “Request Membership”, I end up on the group page [image] and then I can use the button on the top right to join [image] What’s the point of showing the em…

I added a login button near the “Request Membership” or “Join” buttons. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/10154

I have enabled 404, but still when I try to access a page as not logged in I don’t see a button like in Xavier’s screenshot. Just " That page is private. " Am I missing something?

What page are you trying to access? That page is usually shown if the user can do something to gain access (i.e. login, join a group).

I’m trying to access e.g. a topic in the staff category.

In that case there is nothing the user could do to become a staff member. There is still a slight change from: Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private. to Oops! That page is private. which lets the user know that the page exists but is private.

Right, but If the user is anonymous and has a staff member account it would make sense to have a log in button, IMO. So currently it works for categories that membership to can be requested?

[image] tpetrov: Right, but If the user is anonymous and has a staff member account it would make sense to have a log in button, IMO. Oh, I understand your point now. I think I can add a Log In button for any kind of error as long as the user is not logged in. Not sure if always or only if de…

Different error pages for 404 (not found) and 401 (private)

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tpetrov (Toni Petrov) July 3, 2020, 11:06am 15

That would be awesome!

I’d say always, but this is Discourse team’s decision (I guess the team’d prefer to keep it when detailed 404 errors is enabled)

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Different error pages for 404 (not found) and 401 (private)

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