Error page should show a login notice #1241

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T00:21:54+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 00:21:54 +03:00

Originally created by @miterion on GitHub (Jun 28, 2019).

Describe the feature you'd like
Currently, if a user is not logged in and visits a non public page a generic "Page not found" error is shown. Inexperienced users might not realize, that the page might be available to them if they would log in.

I suggest to amend this page with something like this:

Page not found or not logged in

Sorry, The page you were looking for could not be found or is only available after login.

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users
Reduce confusion for new users when clicking on links from outside the bookstack environment (e.g. from Slack).

Additional context
A possible mockup for this:

Originally created by @miterion on GitHub (Jun 28, 2019). **Describe the feature you'd like** Currently, if a user is not logged in and visits a non public page a generic "Page not found" error is shown. Inexperienced users might not realize, that the page might be available to them if they would log in. ![before](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4395770/60336942-00e0e080-99a2-11e9-87e1-481e000b90be.png) I suggest to amend this page with something like this: > > ### Page not found or not logged in > #### Sorry, The page you were looking for could not be found or is only available after login. **Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users** Reduce confusion for new users when clicking on links from outside the bookstack environment (e.g. from Slack). **Additional context** A possible mockup for this: ![after](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4395770/60337037-3dacd780-99a2-11e9-821d-22d01c5223e8.png)

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 00:21:58 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 00:22:00 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020):

Thanks for your request @miterion.

As part of release v0.28.3, The wording on the 404 page was updated to indicate permissions may be hiding the content, And a login button was added to that section as a suggestion that the user may need to login. The changes can be seen in my comment here: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/1706#issuecomment-599118692

Hopefully that covers this. If not, feel free to raise any concerns on a new issue, referencing this one.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020): Thanks for your request @miterion. As part of release v0.28.3, The wording on the 404 page was updated to indicate permissions may be hiding the content, And a login button was added to that section as a suggestion that the user may need to login. The changes can be seen in my comment here: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/1706#issuecomment-599118692 Hopefully that covers this. If not, feel free to raise any concerns on a new issue, referencing this one.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 00:22:08 +03:00

@miterion commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020):

That's a great solution, thank you very much :)

@miterion commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020): That's a great solution, thank you very much :)

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