HTML Forum

**Hudson** · 07-10-2005, 02:33 PM

Just something to satisfy my own little curiosity more than anything, but I've notcied some sites have custom 404 pages.

How are these done, and are they fairly simple (cos I'm a fairly simple kinda chap!)?

Cheers

**nasaboy007** · 07-10-2005, 03:07 PM

Its just another HTML page like any other would be... except your host has to allow custom pages. theyll tell u where to upload it and what to name it etc

**fancymoustache** · 07-10-2005, 03:22 PM

http://216.147.98.109/support_404.html

I found this in a quick search. Hope It's useful.

-Micah

**Hudson** · 07-10-2005, 03:42 PM

that links perfect.

You're a legend. cheers

**Anacrusis** · 07-10-2005, 05:40 PM

Your website control panel may make it even easier to setup custom error pages. You may want to start there...

**prince** · 07-10-2005, 05:48 PM

If you want a PHP Custom Error page that will email you when someone 'makes a visit' - try this tutorial:

http://www.ibdhost.com/errors/

**pjb007** · 07-11-2005, 12:10 PM

When I last did a 404 error page I did this.

Create a file (use somthing like notepad) called the file htaccess.txt for now. In the file plt the following lines

ErrorDocument 404 /404errorpage.html (where 404errorpage.html is the page you want users to see)

Upload this file and then rename it to .htaccess (note the . before the filename)

You can add other lines to the same file and change 404 to other error types and show a different page in the event of that error.