custom 404 page

[pro5ject]

Can I use a custom 404 page on Brinkster?
If so how would I go about it?



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[Satelk]

I don't think so, it's on a NT server so you can't use .htaccess.

[Gonzo]

I thought if you had Apache you can use .htaccess

[Satelk]

Yeah, if they have Apache it works, I never used them so I thought they were using IIS.

[lucifer]

.htccess if you have it

ErrorDocument 404 http://domain.com/dir/page.html

you can also do other errors like 500

[Darin]

Here is a list of the error documents you can have:


400 - Bad Request
401 - Unauthorized
403 - Forbidden
404 - File Not Found
500 - Internal Server Error
502 - Temporarily Unavailable
503 - Service Unavailable


I'm sure there is more, but I can't remember them. :p

[jon787]

If they are using Microsoft servers try looking around your preferences/options screen because that is how I turned mine on at robodawgs.com which is hosted on a, apparently patched because it didn't come down, Microsoft server.

[Anayet]

How do you do this if you do have .htaccess????:confused:

[Bruce]

Create a file called .htaccess

Int eh file put


ErrorDocument 404 http://url.to.your/error/404page.htm


Of course you can make a page for whichever error message you want.

The 404page.htm would be the custom page you made.

[Anayet]

Does the .htacces page have to go in all the folders that I want these messages to come up from?

[Bruce]

No, I would just reccommend putting it in the root directory though.

[Anayet]

Alright then.

Thanks for the help:biggrin2: