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Custom
Error Messages
There are two main styles of error messages you
may encounter. The first is the standard form, which looks something like:
File
Not found
The requested URL your_domain/filename.html
was not found on this server.
The second type comes in a variety of forms, but
is customized by the webmaster. For example:
Sorry
We're sorry, but the requested URL does not
exist.
Please e-mail support@your_domain.com if you need further assistance.
Such messages are called
error documents,
and are web pages designed to give a polite explanation for error conditions.
These error conditions generate numbers which are used to refer to the
appropriate error condition. Some of the most common messages are as follows:
Error
in Client
400 Bad syntax
401 Unauthorized
402 Not Used (Payment Granted)
403 Forbidden
404 Not Found
Error
in Server
500 Internal Error
501 Not Implemented
502 Overloaded
503 Gateway Timeout
How do I customize error messages?
First, create the HTML page you want to use as
your error message and upload it to your
/www directory.
Next, go into your
'.htaccess' file
(or create one) and add lines which specify the substitution.
Here are three examples of specifying error documents which will be called for a
given error condition (note you can use relative or absolute addressing):
ErrorDocument 401 http://your_domain.com/nopasswd.html
ErrorDocument 403 /forbidden.html
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.your_domain.com/nofile.html
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