Make a More Functional 404 Error Page

[DarrenC]

Re: Make a More Functional 404 Error Page

If I remember correctly I did just 'edit file'

All sorted -- Excellent tip!!

[Marincky]

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All sorted -- Excellent tip!!

.. Ya it worked well for me too.

[mumu]

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were do I publish the custom_page right in public_html?

[Marincky]

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yep

[onenickol]

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Yay! Thanks so much for this great tip! I like my new error page!

[valwilson]

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I just discovered this post, but I'm having difficulty with the CP part. Can you explain (to a technophobe!) exactly where I go in the CP, which directory do I open & how I find .htaccess?

Thanks

[LadyEye]

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I just discovered this post, but I'm having difficulty with the CP part. Can you explain (to a technophobe!) exactly where I go in the CP, which directory do I open & how I find .htaccess?

Thanks

You will find the path to your control panel in your voda host registration information .. the email you received when you ordered your hosting account, the one with username and password and your ip publishing address, which you will need to log in below ..

You can log into your control panel at vodahost here.

[Marincky]

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Depending on which version of control panel you have, you may need to tick a box which says 'show hidden files' to see the htaccess file. When I wrote this thread this was based on the old control panels.

[valwilson]

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I can't see any box marked 'show hidden files'. When I search for htaccess, the search facility finds it (in public_html), but then when I double click it in the search box, public_html opens, but htaccess is not there. Very frustrating!

[Marincky]

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If you want to email me your CP log-in details I will gladly do this bit for you for free.

[valwilson]

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Thanks , I really appreciate it. I'll email you details now

[Marincky]

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Ok, that's done for you

[arialvoyager]

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thanks marincky for this helpful tip.I just discovered this post now.I even add adsense and a google search box to my 404 page.See the sample here.
Thanks again!!

[Marincky]

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hmmmmm, I wouldn't advise you put Adsense on it as it is an error page. Google will no be best pleased.

Glad you found the tip useful though.

[myjaydee]

This is a really good tip but I've got a problem

I 've managed to make the 404 page okay and posted to public_html. It works perfectly on the www.maindirectory/anything. But it's really weird when you need to access it from a sub-directory ie www.maindirectory/anything/anywhere only 1 out of four pictures show up - the rest show as broken. Any ideas how I can fix this?