Custom 404 Pages?

"Joe" <something_or_other.DeleteThis@grapevine.net> wrote in message
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 > Hi, I would like to use these on a site I am making.
 >
 > I beleive the info goes in a .htaccess file.
 >
 > Can someone tell me what to put in said file and what the server
 > requirements are?


# In an .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 404 /path_to_error_page.html


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  > > Hi, I would like to use these on a site I am making.
  > >
  > > I beleive the info goes in a .htaccess file.
  > >
  > > Can someone tell me what to put in said file and what the server
  > > requirements are?
 >
 >
 > # In an .htaccess file:
 >
 > ErrorDocument 404 /path_to_error_page.html
 >
 >
 > Hope that helps!


Is there anything else I need to put in the .htaccess file?
Its not working as it is.
ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm

On one server it stops any pages from loading.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.schoolyardrules.com/" target="_blank">http://www.schoolyardrules.com/</a>
and on another it just acts as if I'd never made one.

I'm putting it in the root dir.


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"Joe" <something_or_other.RemoveThis@grapevine.net> wrote in message
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   > > > Hi, I would like to use these on a site I am making.
   > > >
   > > > I beleive the info goes in a .htaccess file.
   > > >
   > > > Can someone tell me what to put in said file and what the server
   > > > requirements are?
  > >
  > >
  > > # In an .htaccess file:
  > >
  > > ErrorDocument 404 /path_to_error_page.html
  > >
  > >
  > > Hope that helps!
 >
 >
 > Is there anything else I need to put in the .htaccess file?
 > Its not working as it is.
 > ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm
 >
 > On one server it stops any pages from loading.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.schoolyardrules.com/</font" target="_blank">http://www.schoolyardrules.com/</font</a>>
 > and on another it just acts as if I'd never made one.

I had a strange problem like that before.

The cure was to put in the full URL, thus:

ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite.com/404.htm" target="_blank">http://mysite.com/404.htm</a>

I say strange because my other sites on the same server were ok with the
relative path. The support people couldn't figure it out either!
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 > I had a strange problem like that before.
 >
 > The cure was to put in the full URL, thus:
 >
<font color=purple> > ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite.com/404.htm</font" target="_blank">http://mysite.com/404.htm</font</a>>
 >
 > I say strange because my other sites on the same server were ok with the
 > relative path. The support people couldn't figure it out either!

Still not working - I'm just getting a
HTTP 500 - Internal server error
Internet Explorer

error even if the pages are there on the server.


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On Mon, 17 May 2004 14:15:22 +0100, Joe <something_or_other RemoveThis @grapevine.net>
wrote:

  >> I had a strange problem like that before.
  >>
  >> The cure was to put in the full URL, thus:
  >>
<font color=green>  >> ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite.com/404.htm</font" target="_blank">http://mysite.com/404.htm</font</a>>
  >>
  >> I say strange because my other sites on the same server were ok with the
  >> relative path. The support people couldn't figure it out either!
 >
 > Still not working - I'm just getting a
 > HTTP 500 - Internal server error
 > Internet Explorer
 >
 > error even if the pages are there on the server.

Care to post the straight text of the .htaccess file here? Asterisking
any sensitive bits of course. Something later on in the file might be
affecting it.

Grey

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"Joe" <something_or_other.TakeThisOut@grapevine.net> wrote in message
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  > > I had a strange problem like that before.
  > >
  > > The cure was to put in the full URL, thus:
  > >
<font color=green>  > > ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite.com/404.htm</font" target="_blank">http://mysite.com/404.htm</font</a>>
  > >
  > > I say strange because my other sites on the same server were ok with the
  > > relative path. The support people couldn't figure it out either!
 >
 > Still not working - I'm just getting a
 > HTTP 500 - Internal server error
 > Internet Explorer
 >
 > error even if the pages are there on the server.

Our resident htaccess chap is away having his teeth sharpened just now.

Anyone?
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   > >> I had a strange problem like that before.
   > >>
   > >> The cure was to put in the full URL, thus:
   > >>
<font color=brown>   > >> ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite.com/404.htm</font" target="_blank">http://mysite.com/404.htm</font</a>>
   > >>
   > >> I say strange because my other sites on the same server were ok with
the
   > >> relative path. The support people couldn't figure it out either!
  > >
  > > Still not working - I'm just getting a
  > > HTTP 500 - Internal server error
  > > Internet Explorer
  > >
  > > error even if the pages are there on the server.
 >
 > Care to post the straight text of the .htaccess file here? Asterisking
 > any sensitive bits of course. Something later on in the file might be
 > affecting it.

Its jus this:
ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.schoolyardrules.com/damagedbreaks/404.htm" target="_blank">http://www.schoolyardrules.com/damagedbreaks/404.htm</a>



 >
 > Grey
 >
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