Showing posts with label Apache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apache. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

How to create Custom Error Messages in Apache?

Below is the way to create custom error message using Apache:

Below is an example of a .htaccess file, just copy and paste into your file, but change the paths:
ErrorDocument 404 /path_to_your_error_file_or_script
ErrorDocument 403 /path_to_your_error_file_or_script 
ErrorDocument 500 /path_to_your_error_file_or_script

Examples:
Full path would be http://www.yourwebsite.com/path_to_your_error_file_or_script
Absolute path would be /home/yoursite.com/path_to_your_error_file_or_script
Relative path would be /path_to_your_error_file_or_script
To summarise the steps, they are as follows:
  1. Create a text file, and add to it a line for each error and rename it .htaccess
  2. Upload the files/script that the .htaccess file calls in each error.
  3. TEST! By typing a weird URL in the address box - you should get the 404 custom error.
Now you are done!

Cheers!