I don't know exactly what's going on, but a bit ... so it might help.

First ... I'd question WHY you want to generate a static page. The rule of thumb is that UNLESS your site is an EXTREMELY high-traffic site, you don't benefit from generating a static page. (It's designed to help reduce server load). I've never heard of numbers ... but I think we're talking about a 10's of thousands of page views per day (or more) kind of thing.

Second ... the "Warning: Cannot Modify Header Information" is generally a result of SOME CHARACTERS (even hidden chars, spaces or ANYTHING) before the HEADER line.

I had a look at the _404_not_found.page.php file and wonder if moving the "header" line from line 14 to line 13 would make a difference (or even to right after the "<?php" ... dunno.

I tried to generate a static file (first time) in my Dawn installation and couldn't (error messages of a different nature). Never tried before b/c we don't need them.

So ... I'd question your need for a static file, first. If you get the kind of traffic described above, then I might recommend diving a bit further into the header problem.

Hope this helps. :D

[url=http://randsco.com]-stk[/url]

Look for whitespaces, tabs etc

I thought the static page was used for SEO purposes. :?:

whoo wrote:

Look for whitespaces, tabs etc

I'll investigate later. I didn't edit any of the files though.

whoo wrote:

Look for whitespaces, tabs etc

I don't see anything.

Should I just not worry about it?

you might find [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=5467]this post[/url] worth a read.

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¥åßßå wrote:

you might find [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=5467]this post[/url] worth a read.

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Thank you very much!

Interesting, b/c from the [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=5467]linked post[/url], one would have thought that the fix made it into V0.9.1 (Dawn).

blueyed wrote:

I've just fixed this in CVS for 0.9.1 and Phoenix.

But a quick look at the code reveals otherwise.

Did it fix your static-page generation problem Big Fish? (Tho I still question the need for static pages. I've never heard that they help in SEO, but I'm open to hear WHY.)

-stk :D

No problem ;)

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As long as your urls are not too long, the search engines will read .php files just as well as .html files. The search engines have trouble with sessions, etc. in file names.

There is more discussion on this issue at webproworld seo forum:

http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=30296&highlight=php+html+prefer

Now, if visitors to your site prefer .html file names is another issue...