I am redesigning/coding my website from scratch. Im trying to use htaccess so i can have custom error pages.

i am using this code

ErrorDocument 401 /error/401.html
ErrorDocument 403 /error/403.html
ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.html
ErrorDocument 500 /error/500.html

When i upload it to my server and test. I get a error number 500.

Am i missing any code. btw i;m hosted with dreamhost

Too little info. How did you test it? Have you tried to remove the last directive ErrorDocument 500 /error/500.html and test it again? What server are you hosting on? Does your host support custom error pages?

Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) will by default ignore server-generated error messages when they are "too small" and substitute its own "friendly" error messages. The size threshold varies depending on the type of error, but in general, if you make your error document greater than 512 bytes, then MSIE will show the server-generated error rather than masking it. More information is available in Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q294807.

Most importantly though, what do you need custom error pages for? Just make an index.html page informing people about the site re-building.

Hi John you can take a look ad this tutorial its pretty neat and i am sure it will help you http://perishablepress.com/press/200...access-tricks/