custom 404 file doesn't load.

[sifaka]

I made a custom 404 file named "error404.html" called by "ErrorDocument 404 error404.html", which I have uploaded and named .htaccess. I have intentionally left them in the root directory for testing simplicity. I did not put error404.html in a folder named errordocs. I will later if I can make it work.

The .htaccess document returns the literal string "error404.html", the filename. It does not load in my browser as an html page. Any ideas?

 

[descalzo]

ErrorDocument /error404.html

add a leading /

 

[sifaka]

Then the server gives us:

Not Found

The requested URL /final RI/pages/biographies.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

[descalzo]

ErrorDocument  404  /error404.html

Sorry, I forgot the '404' .

 

[sifaka]

Yes descalzo, I put in:

ErrorDocument 404 /error404.html

It is in the same directory, so it doesn't use the backslash. This should work, but it only returns the letters of the filename:

ErrorDocument 404 error404.html

returns:

error404.html

and that's all

Thanks again.