How do I set up custom 404 or 500 error pages? Print

To set up custom 404 or 500 error pages using the htaccess file for Apache, you can follow these steps:

1. Create your custom error pages: Create the custom error pages in HTML or any other format you prefer. The two most common error pages are the 404 page and the 500 page. For example, you might create a 404.html page and a 500.html page.

2. Upload the custom error pages: Upload the custom error pages to your server, in a directory accessible from the web. For example, you might upload the 404.html and 500.html pages to the root directory of your website.

3. Edit the .htaccess file: Open or create the .htaccess file in the root directory of your website. Add the following lines of code to the file:

   ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
ErrorDocument 500 /500.html

   These lines of code tell Apache to use the 404.html and 500.html files as the custom error pages for the 404 and 500 errors respectively.

   Make sure to replace "404.html" and "500.html" with the names of your actual error pages, and to include the correct path to these pages, relative to the root directory of your website.

4. Save the .htaccess file: Save the .htaccess file and upload it to the root directory of your website if it wasn't already there.

After completing these steps, if a user encounters a 404 or 500 error on your website, they will be shown the custom error pages you created instead of the default Apache error pages.