Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

ErrorDocument

Synopsis

                     ErrorDocument 
                     code 
                     filename|string|URL
                  

Allows you to customize the response sent by your server when an error is encountered. The error code is an HTTP status code as listed in Chapter 17. Possible values are:

filename .25i

A local file to return upon encountering this error

string .25i

A message to return upon encountering this error; the string must be surrounded by quotes

URL .25i

A local or remote document to redirect the user to upon encountering this error

Example usage:

ErrorDocument 404 /errors/notfound.html
ErrorDocument 408 "Sorry, the server timed out
 - try again later"
ErrorDocument 402 http://www.oreilly.com/payment/