How to set up Generic ErrorDoc pages...403, 404...etc

[liejian]

Hi Does anyone know how to set up generic ErrorDoc pages...403, 404...etc?

I couldn't find it in any of the postings.

Thanks,
LJ

[Nick]

To create your own error documents
Add the following to the .htaccess file replacing the italicized text with the exact path to, and filename of your error doc.

ErrorDocument 400 /path/to/document_name.html

You can also do this for other error types like so:

ErrorDocument 401 /path/to/document_name.html
ErrorDocument 403 /path/to/document_name.html
ErrorDocument 404 /path/to/document_name.html
ErrorDocument 500 /path/to/document_name.html

Error Types:
400: Request Error (browser header probs or the like)
401: Authorization Required
403: Forbidden
404: File Not Found (user asked for non-existant file)
500: Server Error (bad script or something of that nature)

[liejian]

Sorry, Nick. I didn't know the forums had a search capability. I used it and found multiple postings on this already. Won't happen again. :wink:

[rizzay]

Hey guys, I've try implemeting personalized error documents and I can't get it to work in my .htaccess. I've updated my .htaccess file in my main dir to read:


Options +FollowSymLinks







RewriteEngine On



RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+)?rizzay.com [NC]







RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/hotlink.jpg [NC]



RewriteRule [^/]+.(gif|jpg|GIF|JPG)$ http://www.rizzay.com/hotlink.html [R,L]







Options -indexes



ErrorDocument 401 /var/www/html/403error.html



ErrorDocument 403 /var/www/html/403error.html

But I can't get these to appear when someone types in a file that's not there. Could someone give me a hand?

Thanks,
Mark

[Nick]

Hello Rizzay

http://wsabstract.com/howto/htaccess2.shtml

I have found that page to be a big help on .htaccess files

[rizzay]

Hey Nick,

Thanks for the respose. I read through that page and it's similar to Joe's documentation here: http://www.hostpc.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?...hlight=htaccess (http://www.hostpc.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=147&highlight=htaccess). I used Joe's when writing my .htaccess file.

I'm still getting "Page cannot be found" for HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer errors instead of my custom page.

I've done the code with varying paths and even the full path with http:// with no success. Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Mark

[bluesguy]

Do you have an ErrorDocument 404 line in your htaccess file?

[rizzay]

Hey Bluesguy,

This is what is in my .htaccess file in my main /var/www/html/ directory:


Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+)?rizzay.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/hotlink.jpg [NC]

RewriteRule [^/]+.(gif|jpg|GIF|JPG)$ http://www.rizzay.com/hotlink.html [R,L]



Options -indexes



ErrorDocument 400 /var/www/html/generalerror.html

ErrorDocument 403 /var/www/html/403error.html

ErrorDocument 404 /var/www/html/404error.html

ErrorDocument 500 /var/www/html/generalerror.html

You can see the error docs by typing in http://rizzay.com/404error.html but if you type in http://www.rizzay.com/stuff.html (a file that is not there) you get the generic 404 error page.

UPDATE: If I try to access a file with a folder in my main (http://www.rizzay.com/photos/) directory I get:



Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /photos/ on this server.



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





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.rizzay.com Port 80



Does this have to do with permissions or something?

Thanks for your help!
Mark

[Nick]

Hello Mark

in ensim if you have a directory without an index.html file you will get a forbidden page
you can use an .htaccess to use a different page... index.php main.html or whatever you want to use or you can do a directory listing

[rizzay]

Hey Nick,
Thanks for that info, but my main problem is the that I can't get the cutomized error documents to appear after setting the .htaccess file. Your explination about the directory error makes sense but I expected to see my customized error page instead of the generic page. I've read through the documentation and setup my .htaccess file and instructed but it still does not work as expected. Any ideas?

Thanks for you help,
Mark

[Nick]

Options +FollowSymLinks

ErrorDocument 400 /generalerror.html
ErrorDocument 403 /403error.html
ErrorDocument 404 /404error.html
ErrorDocument 500 /generalerror.html

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+)?rizzay.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/hotlink.jpg [NC]
RewriteRule [^/]+.(gif|jpg|GIF|JPG)$ http://www.rizzay.com/hotlink.html [R,L]


Options -indexes

Ok Mark..fixed

just /filename.html
not /var/www/html/filename/html

[rizzay]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your response. I changed the file as you suggested but now I get nothing if I type in an incorrect direct link (eg. http://rizzay.com/stuff.html) This file does not exist so I would expect to see my customized 404 error document but nothing happens. It's weird 'cause now I don't even get the microsoft error document for a bad file name.

P.S. I think I owe you and Joe a beer or two for your assistance!

Thanks,
Mark

[Nick]

Hello Mark,

What did you change? I had already edited your .htaccess file for you. It is still working for me. Trying clearing out your cache and retry the link to stuff.html

[rizzay]

Thanks Nick. I now see the correct error page.

-Mark

[flyer]

Rizzay,

Did you change your error handling? When I enter your nonexistent page name, I just get the standard screen for the 404 error. But I know your friendlier error page exists because I get it if I enter its name, which users obviously won't do.

[rizzay]

Hi
Yes, I have been playing around with my error handling and have disabled it while testing.

Thanks,
Mark

[mikeeve]

:oops:
I tried to view the default error messages for 401-405. I clicked on 'view' and for each message, I received a '404' error message. I thought, "Hmm, the default error messages are all set to 404". Now I realize that there are no default error messages! That's what the 404 was trying to tell me. (Stop laughing, it is a little confusing!)