Custom 404 error issues with Apache - the ErrorDocument is 404 as well

Question

I am trying to create a custom 404 error for my website. I am testing this out using XAMPP on Windows.

My directory structure is as follows:

error\\4         


        

Answer 1

Instead of adding them to your .htaccess file, you can add them to any of your virtual host files.

    DocumentRoot /var/www/mywebsite

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    ErrorDocument 404 /error-pages/404.html
    ErrorDocument 500 /error-pages/500.html
    ErrorDocument 503 /error-pages/503.html
    ErrorDocument 504 /error-pages/504.html

Where error-pages is a subfolder in the mywebsite folder, containing the custom error pages. Make sure you restart your apache to view your changes.

$sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload