Re: [cobalt-users] Custom "404 - File Not Found"

["Cynthia" <greenleaf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahoy M.

You write:

>I would prefer to change the standard "File Not Found" screen the RaQ3
>generates when it can't find a file to something more attractive and
>customized it for each client.
>
>Does anyone know where the file that generates this screen is at?
>

If you changed the file which generates this output, that would not
customize
it for each client.

Try downloading my errpage.cgi from www.webmost.com/scout.
This free script will generate site-specific error pages for each site. It
also
sends the webmaster an alert that an error has been generated. The alert
includes all available environment variables. These alerts are very
instrumental
in making your site run clean. The download page gives simple instructions.
An .htaccess file redirects errors for the site to the script. It is also
included.



You also ask:

>Do I really need to change the httpd.conf? What does it buy me?

It buys you control over your server. It is a good idea to know your
way around that file, in the same way that, if you drove a British
automobile,
it would be a good idea to tote some wrenches and a manual wherever
you go.

Aloha
Davis