Re: [HWG-techniques] Default page

In addition to the advice from "2Nerotik," keep in mind that this feature is
sometimes a "premium" service offered by domain hosting companies. Some may
charge extra for this priviledge, others may not. Some may have the feature
activated already and will likely have intructions on how to use it buried
somewhere on their site, others may require you to email or phone-in a
request to have it activated. And, of course, some may not offer this
feature at all. Your best bet is to contact the Tech Support department of
the hosting company in question and ask them.

As an aside, my hosting company allows for replacement of ALL error pages
simply by naming the page you want brought up as the error number followed
by .htm (not .html, .asp, .cfm, or any other extension). This allows not
only 404 (not found), but 401 (unauthorized), 403 (forbidden), 500 (server
error), and all the others that I might want to use. Other companies allow
this, too, but rarely mention it, which is why actually talking to someone
in Tech Support (like the lead or head person in charge, rather than one of
the "peons") is generally the best bet.

Good luck!
Kehvan M. Zydhek


----- Original Message -----
From: "2Nerotik" <2nerotik(at)nisa.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 02:35
Subject: Re: [HWG-techniques] Default page


> Yes but... are you running you own server or using an ISP ?
>
> If you are using an ISP then you should really contact them
> and ask them what the proper name is.
>
> ie. my ISP has their servers set to recognize a webpage
> called missing.htm as the webpage to display IF the page
> being requested is not found.
>
> 404.htm(html) has also been mentioned as the name for
> the default "file not found" page.
>
> You can try naming a file with both names with slightly different
> content to see which one loads when an erroneous page is asked
> for.

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Tack Box" <sales(at)thetackbox.com>
To: "HWG-Techniques" <Hwg-Techniques(at)Mail.Hwg.Org>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 21:12
Subject: [HWG-techniques] Default page


> Is it possible to make your own default page so that if a page happens to
be
> missing or no longer there the person will see this page rather than the
> ugly 404 NOT FOUND page?
> Thanks again.
> Judy
>
>

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