Re: [cobalt-users] Re-Directing users on a 404 error

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Michael Thiessen wrote:
>
> > Sooooo... Where IS the 404 document?  I think he knows how to edit
an html page, the question is really WHERE is the 404 document?

It depends on whether he's wanting to change the 404 document for just
one site, or for the entire server.
For just one site, drop an .htaccess file into the 'web' directory of
the site, with these contents:
ErrorDocument 404 /error.html

Then make error.html whatever you want and drop it in the 'web'
directory as well.

For the entire server, you'd use the instructions already given. But
you gotta keep in mind that *everyone* is going to see that. If you've
got clients who resell space or who are web designers or something,
they're not going to like this very much if you customize the page to
your main site. One reseller's/designer's client tries to get to a
missing page, gets the 'customized' version, and suddenly discovers
they can pay less by going straight to the source. Nasty-gram from the
reseller will be in your email quicker than you can blink.

CarrieB