Re: [cobalt-users] Custom 404 error page

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:32:43PM -0400, Diana Brake wrote:
> >
> > I do know about M$ $martTags...:) What I'm referring to is truly different.
> > IE has recently started using a new method of displaying server error
> > pages. For those who wish to create their own server error pages, it seemed
> > that one important thing in getting IE to display your custom one was to
> > make sure your files are at least 8k in file size...or at least it calls
> > files (images) to make the dependencies at least that big...otherwise IE
> > shows what M$ wants you to see.
> >
> > Diana <---wishing she could find that old discussion...going to look some
more
>

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          Force IE5 to display your 404 and not its own
IE looks at the size of the 404 page to decide whether to display its own error.
All you have to do is make sure that the size of your file is greater than 512
bytes.
If you just add a graphic, you'll be well over that size.

An article that tells how to disable IE5 error messages (on the browser)
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q218/1/55.asp

Gerald