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Setting Up a Custom Error Page:
On our servers, you have the option of creating your own error pages; however, due to space limitations here, we're only going to cover the Error 404 (File Not Found error page). The procedure to set up the others are the same.
- You'll need to create two files to accomplish the task. The first file will be a plain HTML file that you can make look to your liking, using graphics, backgrounds, text color, etc., just like you would any other page.
- The second file you'll create is an access file which makes your custom error page load when visitors click on a page link that is no longer valid, or when they type in a URL that is not there. This access file is sometimes referred to as a "dot file" because the file name looks like this: .htaccess -- note there is no file name before the dot.
- Create your .htaccess file using a plain text editor such as Notepad.
Open a new document in Notepad, and type a line similar to the one below.
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yoursite.com/filename.html
- Save your file as .htaccess and upload both your html page and your .htaccess
file to the Main Directory of your site. Your domainname-www directory.
Be sure that you upload both files in ASCII format, and not binary format.
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