2.12.8. Customizing the delivery of your 404 error page

To do this, you need to root directory of the site create a file named .htaccesscontaining code like this:

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

After that, create a file in the root directory of the site 404.html and write in it the code of the page that will be shown in case of 404 errors.

Similar settings can be made for errors 401, 403.

Attention! For some CMS this method of generating errors will not work, since all requests are redirected to internal scripts CMS.

A custom 404 page won't work correctly for URL in which there is a mention pagespeedif included optimization settings... To fix the problem, disable optimization settings or not use links with similar keywords.

To customize your 404 error page in popular CMS corresponding instructions are available:

2.12.8. Customizing the delivery of your 404 error page

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