Custom Error Pages - Create your own custom error pages versus seeing the standard server pages.
#Begin Custom Error Pages ErrorDocument 400 /400.html ErrorDocument 401 /401.html ErrorDocument 403 /403.html ErrorDocument 404 /404.html ErrorDocument 405 /405.html ErrorDocument 408 /408.html ErrorDocument 414 /414.html ErrorDocument 500 /500.html ErrorDocument 502 /502.html ErrorDocument 504 /504.html #End Custom Error Pages And a PHP template for dealing with any sort of error, if you want to keep it simple: <?php $status=$_SERVER['REDIRECT_STATUS']; $codes=array( 400 => array('400 Bad Request', 'The request cannot be fulfilled due to bad syntax.'), 401 => array('401 Login Error', 'It appears that the password and/or user-name you entered was incorrect.'), 403 => array('403 Forbidden', 'Sorry, employees and staff only.'), 404 => array('404 Missing', 'We\'re sorry, but the page you\'re looking for is missing, hiding, or maybe it moved somewhere else and forgot to tell you.'), 405 => array('405 Method Not Allowed', 'The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the specified resource.'), 408 => array('408 Request Timeout', 'Your browser failed to send a request in the time allowed by the server.'), 414 => array('414 URL To Long', 'The URL you entered is longer than the maximum length.'), 500 => array('500 Internal Server Error', 'The request was unsuccessful due to an unexpected condition encountered by the server.'), 502 => array('502 Bad Gateway', 'The server received an invalid response from the upstream server while trying to fulfill the request.'), 504 => array('504 Gateway Timeout', 'The upstream server failed to send a request in the time allowed by the server.'), ); $errortitle=$codes[$status][0]; $message=$codes[$status][1]; if($errortitle==false){ $errortitle="Unknown Error"; $message="An unknown error has occurred."; } ?> <!doctype html> <html> <head> <title><?php echo("$errortitle");?></title> <meta charset="utf-8"> </head> <body> <!-- Insert headers here. --> <?php echo('<h1>'.$errortitle.'</h1>'); echo('<p>'.$message.'</p>'); ?> <!-- Insert footers here. --> </body> </html>