 Customizable
Error Messages
All accounts include the ability
to specify custom error messages. If a visitor requests a page which
does not exist (by following a bad link, for example), the webserver
can display a custom error message, rather than the default 404
File Not Found message. In your customized error message, you
can direct the visitor to an appropriate index page, or ask the visitor
to send you an email.
To provide your own custom "404
Not Found" message, create a file named 404.html
and place it in your document root (/htdocs)
directory. You can also provide other customized error messages, including
401.html (access denied), and 500.html
(script error). Keep in mind that these files must be placed in your
document root, and will only function correctly if your document root
is not password-protected. In addition, it is best to use absolute
URLs within these files.
Advanced users can specify alternate
error handlers using Apache's ErrorDocument
directive in an .htaccess file.
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