[WEB4LIB] Re: Customizing your 404 error

[Kevin W. Bishop]

Brian Kelly wrote a nice article in Ariadne, issue 20, on customized 
404s:  http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue20/404/

Although it doesn't directly address the issue with Alpha, it features 
commentary on what makes a good customized 404 page and it provides 
screenshots and links to great examples.

Hope this helps.
-kb

At 06:39 AM 5/5/00 -0700, Jeff wrote:

>On Fri, 5 May 2000, Steve Bachman wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have been looking into making our Error 404 page a little more helpful,
> > perhaps with links to the popular areas of our site.
> > I found some great instructions for doing just that with Microsoft IIS,
> > Apache, Netscape, Webstar, and Lotus Domino.  Unfortunately we have an
> > Alpha running VMS. Does anybody out there know how to edit the 404 error on
> > an Alpha?
>
>It's not so much the operating system and platform as it is the web server
>software that dictates what you must do to enable custom error messages.
>
><http://lib.4cty.org/> seems to be running CERN/3.0pre6vms3. For
>information on customizing error messages in the CERN httpd, see
><http://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Error.html>
>
>I would suggest migrating from the CERN httpd to something like Apache
>sometime in the near future. CERN httpd is no longer maintained.
>
>I also noticed that <http://www.4cty.org/> (which is where I was directed
>by <http://lib.4cty.org/>) is apparently running Microsoft-IIS/3.0. I
>would place this at the top of your list of things to fix.
>
>If I can be of any further assistance, please feel free to contact me on
>or off-list.
>
>-jeff
>
>--
>Jeff Godin
>Network Specialist
>Traverse Area District Library / Traverse Community Network
>jeff at tcnet.org - 231/932-8546 voice

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