404 pages - don't work

[Karrade]

Hey all,

I can't seem to get my customized 404 Error pages to work.[nbsp][nbsp]I have customized a 404.html file, and placed it in my "www" directory.[nbsp][nbsp]Anything else I have to do?

Thanks in advance.

[Deb]

What are you seeing instead of the customized 404 page? Are you using IE and can you post an example link?

With that info we should be able to provide some better advise in the area :)

Deb
[nbsp]- Can I be lost if someone else knows where I am?

[Karrade]

I'm looking at my site with IE (getting that generic Microsoft "This page could not be found" screen).[nbsp][nbsp]Is that the problem?

My site is http://www.laugh2day.com

The 404 pages is at laugh2day.com/404.html

Thanks.

[Deb]

Quoted From: http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/99-04-09 The recently released version 5 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer has some new "features" which may affect sites.[nbsp][nbsp]The first new "feature" is that MSIE 5 may replace a site's own error messages with its in-built error pages. This occurs if the error page from the site is less than a particular size. For most errors, this is 512 bytes. If the error page from the site is more than 512 bytes, MSIE 5 will display the site's error message, otherwise it will not display it. For a few statuses (403, 405 and 410), the cut-off size is 256. The solution to this problem is to ensure that all error pages are greater than 512 bytes. However note that most of Apache's built in error messages will be lesss than 512 bytes, so the only way to ensure that viewers see the site's real error pages is to use ErrorDocument. Microsoft explain how to use the registry or IE's options to turn off this "feature". Also Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q218/1/55.asp

Deb
[nbsp]- Yep That's MSIE