hotcut — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 15:42:31 +0000

is this used on IIS as well, or how do you do it there?

mairving — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 19:01:55 +0000

.htaccess is an example of a dot file. A file that begins with a period is a hidden file in 'Nix based Operating Systems. Most hosts generally have a backend control panel that allows you to password protect a directory with .htaccess the gui way rather than the command line way.

cdscl — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:27:58 +0000

Thank you very much! That helps me out a lot!

Suzanne — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:52:41 +0000

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#errordocument

If you search for "ErrorDocument" the second option is pretty nifty, too.

Suzanne — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:49:21 +0000

dahlink, if you don't know what something is, perhaps you should mention that!

apache.org --> search for "custom error"

The file is called .htaccess There is nothing before the period.

This file goes in the directory it applies to, and if you put it in the root directory, it applies to all other directories. If the lower (nested) directories have an .htaccess, that .htaccess will override the root .htaccess.

Yes, there is usually one there already, no you can't see it in most ftp applications.

cdscl — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:19:15 +0000

So...

If I made a 404 error page and stored it at 404.html , then I would create a file called... 404.htaccess and write "ErrorDocument 404 /404.html ?"

Thank you for your help, but do you think that you could explain to me what .htaccess files are? Do you create a new file called something.htaccess or are they already there?

I'm sorry, I'm new to all this. I do appreciate your help very much, though. Thank you!

Suzanne — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:17:27 +0000

Basic format: ErrorDocument [3-digit code] [action]

Custom page: ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

Custom comment on a regular 404 page: ErrorDocument 404 "Sorry, this page doesn't exist.