[WEB4LIB] 404 page

[Pecaut, Mark J.]

http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp#apache

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valerie Lawrence [mailto:lawrencv at OHSU.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 2:41 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] 404 page
> 
> 
> I need a unix geek to help me put up a page that will appear 
> when a user
> clicks to a page that doesn't exist on the college's website.  We're
> completely redesigning the site and I already know that many 
> of the links
> will be changing.  (Trust me, despite all arguments in favor of link
> stability, in this case that is a Good Thing. We had waaay 
> too many pages
> that scrolled on for screen after screen after screen...)
> 
> Anyway, I know I can create an HTML document that will appear 
> in lieu of
> the standard "we can't find your page and we can't/won't tell you why"
> message.  What I'm not clear on is how to make that page 
> appear whenever a
> 404 error occurs.  We are on an Apache server, if that helps. 
>  Do I create
> a file, or use a unix command, or need a script, or what?  
> Any help will
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> TIA,
> 	Val
> 
> Valerie Lawrence, MLS, AHIP			    <lawrencv at ohsu.edu>
> Assistant Librarian and College Webmaster
> Western States Chiropractic College
> 2900 NE 132nd Ave.			           Voice  (503)251-5756
> Portland, OR  97230			           Fax    (503)251-5759
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily 
> represent those of 
> my employer.  Goodness knows why they hired me.
>