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Custom error pages using .htaccess
- Quick jump:
- Introduction
- Create the .htaccess file
- Create the 404 error page
- Trying it out
- Taking it further
Create the 404 page
Now you need to create the 404 page. Make a new web page called "error404.htm" and enter "This is my 404 page". Enter it a few dozen times, as Internet Explorer won't display it unless the file is over 512 bytes.
Once it's done, login to your webspace with your FTP client, and create a new folder called "errordocs". Upload the file "error404.htm" to this directory. Upload "htaccess.txt" to the root of your webspace and rename it to ".htaccess" — there's no .txt at the end, no name in front, just ".htaccess". If the file seems to vanish don't worry, some FTP clients don't display it — the file's still there.