Creating a 404.html Page

[DavidAM]

Hi,

I would like to create a 404.html page for my site in order to add it to the additional files for upload or create within the brochure pages.

Has anyone done this before and how can it easily be achieved.

I don't really want to include the sitemap page as has been previously suggested but simply want the page to look like part of the normal site with the menu and adverts etc but with a text content explaining that the page they are looking for has moved and they can use the menu navigation or search to find what they want.

I'm quite new at this and would appreciate any advice.

Thanks



David

[SpikyMikey]

Hi David,

It's quite simple to do. It's effectively a 2 step process:

1. Create a brochure page and enter whatever text you want showing.

2. From your hosting control panel access the .htaccess file and add the following line:
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.YourDomainName/acatalog/NotFound.html or whatever you've called it

That's it.

HTH

[DavidAM]

Hi David,

It's quite simple to do. It's effectively a 2 step process:

1. Create a brochure page and enter whatever text you want showing.

2. From your hosting control panel access the .htaccess file and add the following line:
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.YourDomainName/acatalog/NotFound.html or whatever you've called it

That's it.

HTH

That's a great help and as you said, seems quite simple.

The only thing I'm having a problem with is that the new Brochure page is now showing in the Menu. Do I have to hide on website? And if so, will the page still show up when needed?

Thanks again


David

[peblaco]

The Advanced user guide shows you how to hide pages in the menu.

[DavidAM]

More Info Needed

Hi David,

It's quite simple to do. It's effectively a 2 step process:

1. Create a brochure page and enter whatever text you want showing.

2. From your hosting control panel access the .htaccess file and add the following line:
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.YourDomainName/acatalog/NotFound.html or whatever you've called it

That's it.

HTH

Hi. I've done everything on this process and peblaco's hint but my Actinic Hosting server does not appear to contain a .htaccess file. Is this something I should create?

[los_design]

If need be, your pc and/or host may not show your htaccess file when named correctly.

I recommend saving it to your pc WITHOUT the . and when you have uploaded it to your root folder then add the . to the filename.

Regards
Daren

[Duncan Rounding]

Also if you are with 1and1 then a custom error page needs to be at the same level as the .htaccess file.

ie such as this:
ErrorDocument 400 /Bad_Request.html
ErrorDocument 401 /Unauthorized.html
ErrorDocument 403 /Forbidden.html
ErrorDocument 404 /Page_Not_Found.html
ErrorDocument 500 /Internal_Server_Error.html

[Runner]

Hi,

I have just picked up this thread as I am having difficulty getting a custom 404 page to work on my server.

I have created a .htaccess file containing
ErrorDocument 404 /404page.html

I have created a page called 404page.html

I have put both of these files in the root directory /

Here is the structure on the server:

/
/documents
/documents/acatalog
/documents/acatalog/DD
/documents/cgi-bin
/logs
/reports
/users
/public_html

When I go to a bad link I get this message in FF:
Not Found

The requested URL /acatalog/badlink.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.0.52 (CentOS) Server at www.competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk

[DavidAM]

Hi,

I have just picked up this thread as I am having difficulty getting a custom 404 page to work on my server.

I have created a .htaccess file containing
ErrorDocument 404 /404page.html

I have created a page called 404page.html

I have put both of these files in the root directory /

Here is the structure on the server:

/
/documents
/documents/acatalog
/documents/acatalog/DD
/documents/cgi-bin
/logs
/reports
/users
/public_html

When I go to a bad link I get this message in FF:
Not Found

The requested URL /acatalog/badlink.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.0.52 (CentOS) Server at www.competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk

Hi Keith,

When I did this I uploaded the .htaccess file through an ftp client independently of actinic and put it in the root folder (in my case "httpdocs") manually.

The contents of the file I use is...

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.enjoymuzic.com/acatalog/404.html

The error page itself was simply created as a brochure page within the actinic store and uploads with the other pages.

Hope some of this info may help.

David
www.enjoymuzic.com

[DavidAM]

Hi,

I have just picked up this thread as I am having difficulty getting a custom 404 page to work on my server.

I have created a .htaccess file containing
ErrorDocument 404 /404page.html

I have created a page called 404page.html

I have put both of these files in the root directory /

Here is the structure on the server:

/
/documents
/documents/acatalog
/documents/acatalog/DD
/documents/cgi-bin
/logs
/reports
/users
/public_html

When I go to a bad link I get this message in FF:
Not Found

The requested URL /acatalog/badlink.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.0.52 (CentOS) Server at www.competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk

Another look makes me wonder if your 404page.html should be moved into the folder called acatalog!

Give it a go.


David
www.enjoymuzic.com

[Runner]

Hi David,

Thank you. That seemed to work. Here is what I finally did:

.htaccess file in the root directory containing:
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.competitiveheatingsupplie...g/404page.html

with the 404page.html in the acatalog folder.

I think I will also take your advice and create the page as a brochure page.

Thanks again.