customizing error pages on web sites

dav · Post by **dav** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:56 pm

could anyone answer any of these

#1 is it possible to make a customisable error 404 page

if so, could you tell me how please

thnx

Post by **Kulgan** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:07 pm

Yes.
Depends on your server solution.
RTFM.

K

Post by **mid_gen** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:10 pm

With IIS, open your internet services manager, the right click on yor default web site, and go to properties. You can set custom errors in the 'custom errors' tab, funnily enough.

But then, I don't think that was the answer you were looking for.

You can't just put your own error messages on a geocities site or any other cheap nasty hosting.

dav · Post by **dav** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:15 pm

ok, a couple of things

#1 zik's my host

#2 after reading a few sites they all seem to be saying something about a file called ".htaccess"

please could someone try to explain furthe please

thanks

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 1:07 am

"Contact your site administrator"

rib? · Post by **rib?** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:54 am

yeh, really the easiest soloutions just to ask zik, middies already told you how to in IIS. You didnt really need to ask us did you.

ZiK · Post by **ZiK** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 10:22 am

ill tell you my answer:

Bog off! pay me something and i might consider wasting my time with custom error messages!

It's bad enough that somehow i ended up hosting your site, its lame!

dav · Post by **dav** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:04 pm

zik, you were the one that offered to do it,

<dav^> p.s wtf is up with my (lycos) website not working atm
<ZiK`> dav thought that you made it

<eclipse`> this is why I want ZiK in my new media design team

<ZiK`> lycos is shit perhaps?
<dav^> lol, true
<dav^> but it's free
<ZiK`> you want to host on mine?

see

o well, back to lycos for me

*crying*

rib? · Post by **rib?** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:54 pm

i doubt you'll be able to create custom 404's on lycos either, you can do them on my server, but theres no way in hell im letting you near my server

shrek · Post by **shrek** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 6:43 pm

Dav wouldn't it be a better idea to work on your website rather than designing custom 404 pages?

dav · Post by **dav** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:25 pm

shrek wrote:Dav wouldn't it be a better idea to work on your website rather than designing custom 404 pages?

yes, probarly, and zik, how can i afford to pay you when ive got to start paying to run the scooter i get on thursday.

i might be able to find some money, how much ya want?

Sharpe · Post by **Sharpe** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 6:10 pm

He wants £100,000.

LazyManc · Post by **LazyManc** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:32 pm

Any particular reason you've re-opened a 3 month old thread?

ZiK · Post by **ZiK** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 5:56 am

lol, just more proof of Sharpe's spontaniousness

Sharpe · Post by **Sharpe** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 5:01 pm

well i thought it was kinda funny and i was bored also as zik said im abit spontanious (i think i know what it means but its a long word ugh that hurt me head).

Post by **Kulgan** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 6:36 pm

LEARN TO SPELL!
ARGH!

*lies down*

K

Sharpe · Post by **Sharpe** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 6:59 pm

cant learn if no one teaches me

eclipse · Post by **eclipse** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 8:16 pm

Sharpe wrote:cant learn if no one teaches me

well then, this would be perfect imo:

Sharpe should have wrote:"Well, I thought it was kind of funny and I was bored. Also as ZiK said I am a bit spontanious (I think I know what it means but it's a long word. Urgh that hurt me head). "

Post by **Kulgan** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:01 pm

*sigh*
OK, for all of you out there who suck at spelling...

spontanEous

Note the E

*laments the state of schools these days*
I don't know - when I was a lad...

K

Sharpe · Post by **Sharpe** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:46 pm

you got all stressed over one word?