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===Can I create a custom 404 Error page for my website?===
 Article:109
 Created:2001-03-21 15:13:59
 Categories:
   Web Publishing

====Question or Symptom====
When someone tries to access a non-existant web page in my site is there
a way to give them a custom message rather than your generic system
error message?


====Resolution====
Yes. You'll need to create a .htaccess file. This will usually be in your
public_html directory. If you already have an .htaccess file you just need to
add a line to it.
  
Suppose your website is accessed by http://www.swcp.com/~jai and the page you'd
like to display for 404 errors is named err404.html. Your .htaccess file should
look like:
  
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.swcp.com/~jai/err404.html
  
Now any reference to a non-existant file in your website will pull up this
page.

====Related KB articles====
  [[KB 85]] How do I create a custom 404 message on my web site?