1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?

The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a script editor to create custom error pages.

2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the provided file?

The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for this?

Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.

Damzish


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You will probably get a nicer looking page if you used FP to create it...yes you can do it if the host allows, just name it per their instructions. Put whatever you want on it...its really just a page.


"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
| 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
|
| The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a script editor to create custom error pages.
|
| 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the provided file?
|
| The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for this?
|
| Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
|
| Damzish
|
|
| --
| Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us

As far as I know. My current host doesn't allow custom error pages, but my last one did. I made them look exactly like a regular page of the web only it said...

Oops! You've been 404'd, please use your back button to return from whence you came...


"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:87081EA6-BD77-4551-A0C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
| Really, any thing I want? So there are no magic tricks?
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|
| "Crash Gordon®" wrote:
|
| > You will probably get a nicer looking page if you used FP to create it...yes you can do it if the host allows, just name it per their instructions. Put whatever you want on it...its really just a page.
| >
| >
| > "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
| > | 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
| > |
| > | The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a script editor to create custom error pages.
| > |
| > | 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the provided file?
| > |
| > | The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for this?
| > |
| > | Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
| > |
| > | Damzish
| > |
| > |
| > | --
| > | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
| >

Of course, if they came from a search engine, or a link from another site,
they won't get to your site if you tell them to use the back button. It's a
good idea to have a link to your home page on the error pages.
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Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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http://office.microsoft.com/home/off...tid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
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"Crash Gordon®" <ask_for_my_email@I'm_sick_of_spamandviruses.com> wrote in
message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
As far as I know. My current host doesn't allow custom error pages, but my
last one did. I made them look exactly like a regular page of the web only
it said...

Oops! You've been 404'd, please use your back button to return from whence
you came...


"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:87081EA6-BD77-4551-A0C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
| Really, any thing I want? So there are no magic tricks?
| --
| Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
|
|
| "Crash Gordon®" wrote:
|
| > You will probably get a nicer looking page if you used FP to create
it...yes you can do it if the host allows, just name it per their
instructions. Put whatever you want on it...its really just a page.
| >
| >
| > "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
| > | 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
| > |
| > | The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a
script editor to create custom error pages.
| > |
| > | 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into
the provided file?
| > |
| > | The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of
say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for
this?
| > |
| > | Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
| > |
| > | Damzish
| > |
| > |
| > | --
| > | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
| >

Still here just listening to the posts as they come in...
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"Tom Pepper Willett" wrote:

> Of course, if they came from a search engine, or a link from another site,
> they won't get to your site if you tell them to use the back button. It's a
> good idea to have a link to your home page on the error pages.
> --
> ===
> Tom "Pepper" Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> ---
> About FrontPage 2003:
> http://office.microsoft.com/home/off...tid=FX01085802
> FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/fron...o/default.mspx
> Understanding FrontPage:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/und...ing/frontpage/
> ===
> "Crash Gordon®" <ask_for_my_email@I'm_sick_of_spamandviruses.com> wrote in
> message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> As far as I know. My current host doesn't allow custom error pages, but my
> last one did. I made them look exactly like a regular page of the web only
> it said...
>
> Oops! You've been 404'd, please use your back button to return from whence
> you came...
>
>
> "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:87081EA6-BD77-4551-A0C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> | Really, any thing I want? So there are no magic tricks?
> | --
> | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
> |
> |
> | "Crash Gordon®" wrote:
> |
> | > You will probably get a nicer looking page if you used FP to create
> it...yes you can do it if the host allows, just name it per their
> instructions. Put whatever you want on it...its really just a page.
> | >
> | >
> | > "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> | > | 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
> | > |
> | > | The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a
> script editor to create custom error pages.
> | > |
> | > | 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into
> the provided file?
> | > |
> | > | The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of
> say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for
> this?
> | > |
> | > | Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
> | > |
> | > | Damzish
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | --
> | > | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
> | >
>
>
>

Use your hosts "web interface" ( sometimes called Control Panel ) to actually create and activate
the original custom error page.
Then open the live site in FrontPage and edit the newly created custom error page which will be
named 404.shtml

Or:

Create the page in the root of your local web and save it with the file name 404.shtml
Then publish it and then open the hosts web interface and activate it.

A custom error page can have anything on it that you desire.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
>
> The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a script editor to create custom
error pages.
>
> 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the provided file?
>
> The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of say a 404 page that will
need to be included and does FP offer script for this?
>
> Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Damzish
>
>
> --
> Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us

troo enough.


"Tom Pepper Willett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
| Of course, if they came from a search engine, or a link from another site,
| they won't get to your site if you tell them to use the back button. It's a
| good idea to have a link to your home page on the error pages.
| --
| ===
| Tom "Pepper" Willett
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| ---
| About FrontPage 2003:
| http://office.microsoft.com/home/off...tid=FX01085802
| FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/fron...o/default.mspx
| Understanding FrontPage:
| http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/und...ing/frontpage/
| ===
| "Crash Gordon®" <ask_for_my_email@I'm_sick_of_spamandviruses.com> wrote in
| message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
| As far as I know. My current host doesn't allow custom error pages, but my
| last one did. I made them look exactly like a regular page of the web only
| it said...
|
| Oops! You've been 404'd, please use your back button to return from whence
| you came...
|
|
| "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:87081EA6-BD77-4551-A0C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
| | Really, any thing I want? So there are no magic tricks?
| | --
| | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
| |
| |
| | "Crash Gordon®" wrote:
| |
| | > You will probably get a nicer looking page if you used FP to create
| it...yes you can do it if the host allows, just name it per their
| instructions. Put whatever you want on it...its really just a page.
| | >
| | >
| | > "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
| | > | 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
| | > |
| | > | The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a
| script editor to create custom error pages.
| | > |
| | > | 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into
| the provided file?
| | > |
| | > | The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of
| say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for
| this?
| | > |
| | > | Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
| | > |
| | > | Damzish
| | > |
| | > |
| | > | --
| | > | Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
| | >
|
|

Suggestion: Put links to a sitemap and a search on the custom error page

See http://www.psychlinks.ca/error.htm as an example.

Then, if can create an .htaccess file in the root of your site, add this
line:

ErrorDocument 404 /error.htm (or whatever you want to name your error
page)



"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
>
> The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a
script editor to create custom error pages.
>
> 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into
the provided file?
>
> The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of
say a 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script
for this?
>
> Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Damzish
>
>
> --
> Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us

You need to create a text file with this line in it. (use notepad):

Type this line:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.pathtoyoursite.com/404.html


Save the file as "Other File type" (not as *.txt) and type in ".htaccess"

This file needs to be saved as ".htaccess" (that is "fullstophtaccess"). The
"404.html" file can be anything you design - to fit your site or whatever -
nothing special about it.

All the .htaccess file is doing is whever there is an error encountered the
server looks for this file and then goes to the page for the error encountered

You can do the same for any of the other unix error codes such as 501, 500, 503,
403, 400 - they each have a specific 'error' like 403 - Forbidden for example
using the same format as above and use the equivalent error code for each line,
and include a separate HTML document for each error message.

Put the .htaccess file and the 404.html in the same folder. When someone requests
a page that ends up not being found, the server will load your error page rather
than the default error.

Search google for "htaccess" for further information



"Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
>
> The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a script
editor to create custom error pages.
>
> 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the
provided file?
>
> The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of say a
404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for this?
>
> Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Damzish
>
>
> --
> Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us

The .htaccess file must go into the root folder of the web, else it will
only work for the folder it is in, and subfolders.
There may already be a .htaccess in the web root folder - this is used by
FrontPage and if overwritten by your file, may disable the web totally.

Ron
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"Andrew Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40e61320$0$24769$(E-Mail Removed)...
> You need to create a text file with this line in it. (use notepad):
>
> Type this line:
>
> ErrorDocument 404 http://www.pathtoyoursite.com/404.html
>
>
> Save the file as "Other File type" (not as *.txt) and type in ".htaccess"
>
> This file needs to be saved as ".htaccess" (that is "fullstophtaccess").
The
> "404.html" file can be anything you design - to fit your site or
whatever -
> nothing special about it.
>
> All the .htaccess file is doing is whever there is an error encountered
the
> server looks for this file and then goes to the page for the error
encountered
>
> You can do the same for any of the other unix error codes such as 501,
500, 503,
> 403, 400 - they each have a specific 'error' like 403 - Forbidden for
example
> using the same format as above and use the equivalent error code for each
line,
> and include a separate HTML document for each error message.
>
> Put the .htaccess file and the 404.html in the same folder. When someone
requests
> a page that ends up not being found, the server will load your error page
rather
> than the default error.
>
> Search google for "htaccess" for further information
>
>
>
> "Damzish" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news1F6184C-7D11-42C6-B18B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > 1. Any tips on getting a custom 404 page going?
> >
> > The site in question is on an Apache server and the host provides a
script
> editor to create custom error pages.
> >
> > 2 Should I build the page using FP03 and then insert that code into the
> provided file?
> >
> > The next logical question for this newbie is what are the elements of
say a
> 404 page that will need to be included and does FP offer script for this?
> >
> > Please answer questions 1 and 2 first !!! Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > Damzish
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dedicated Virtual Assistant at http://www.world-wide-virtual.us
>
>