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dvho · Jul 27, 2024 · a770e8d · a770e8d
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diff --git a/404.html b/404.html
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 <!--
-    Because this site is deployed to GitHub Pages, which doesn't support client-side routing, this file is used to handle the anticipated 404 errors thrown when a user tries to access any page that's not the root. This file forces a redirect to index.html, which is the entry  point of the React app, so that react-router-dom can handle the routing on the client side...
+    Because this site is deployed to GitHub Pages, which doesn't support client-side routing, this file is used to handle the anticipated 404 errors thrown when a user tries to access any page that's not the root.  This file forces a redirect to the root path so as to allow react-router-dom to handle routing on the client side...
 -->
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
     <head>
         <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=./index.html" />
         <script>
-            //...this script is for redirecting to the index.html page if the user tries to access a page that does not exist, thereby ensuring that react-router-dom is handling routing on the client side because GitHub Pages does not support client-side routing...
-            var pathname = window.location.pathname
-            if (pathname !== '/') {
-                //...if the current path is not the root, redirect to index.html so that react-router-dom can handle the routing
-                window.location.replace('/index.html')
-            }
+            //...this script is for redirecting to the root path if the user tries to access a page that does not exist, thereby ensuring that react-router-dom is handling routing on the client side because GitHub Pages does not support client-side routing...
+            var redirectTo = '/index.html'
+            var query = window.location.search
+            var hash = window.location.hash
+            var path = window.location.pathname
+            var newUrl = redirectTo + query + hash
+            console.log('Redirecting to: ' + newUrl)
+            window.location.replace(newUrl)
         </script>
     </head>
     <body>

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