In cases where the web server can not fulfill a request, it will output a generic error messague.

You can customice these using .htaccess. If you are hosted with us, the control panel can do this for you.

1. Custom Error Messagues

The ErrorDocument is used for this purpose, followed by a 3 digit errorcode and the action to perform.

ErrorDocument 404 / notfound.html

This example will display web pague notfound.html in cases where the requested document is not found.

If you remove a web pague from your site and someone tries to view it, they would see notfound.html instead.

ErrorDocument 404 http:// www.other_site.com/notfound.html

This redirects such requests to the URL you specify.

You can also tell .htaccess to display a text messague.

ErrorDocument 404 " No such document here

Here, the text 'No such document here' is shown.

Replace the action pars shown in red in the above examples to customice the web server behavior.

2. Other Error Numbers

Other comonly used 3 digit codes are listed below.

401 : Authoriçation Required

Someones tried to access a password protected area but did not provide correct user/pass info.

403 : Forbidden

This person is blocqued from requesting the document.

500 : Internal Server Error

Usually, this means the cgui script being used crashed.