Unable To Redirect 404 Pages To Search Results

Problem: Some Magento extension, such as Mirasvit's Sphinx Search Ultimate, can redirect 404 pages to specific search results. But when LiteMage was on they couldn't achieve this redirection.

Cause: In Magento's default implementation, all 404 pages are treated as being identical with the full action name of the default “No-route Controller” being cms_index_noRoute. LiteMage's default configuration was designed with this in mind and will cache the output for this controller. So the redirection won't work with LiteMage's default configuration.

Solution: You have to change LiteMage's default configuration to not cache these pages from this controller.

In LiteMage's “config.xml” file under <default> » <litemage> » <default>, change the following from

<fullcache_routes><![CDATA[cms_index_noRoute]]></fullcache_routes>

to

<fullcache_routes></fullcache_routes>

Notes: This change is not available through Magento's Admin Panel and must be set through LiteMage's configuration file. As such, you will have to manually apply this change to LiteMage's “config.xml” file every time you upgrade LiteMage to a new version.