404

No I didn't break it thank you very much last time I visit that site he said I broke it, the cheek of it.

A 404 means "Error page not found" also allow for a 403 "page or directory forbidden"

I presume that you haven't set that live as I couldn't force a page not found.

How do you intend running the error pages .htaccess ?

You can always use the 404 to direct people to other areas of your site.

http://www.illusional-reality.com/404.html

Best to send to or include a site map set of viable pages really

Yes, .htaccess

I have neither, there is just one page total.

What just the 404 page

It's nice to provide - if not a huge site - a list of the pages available, if dynamic a search function of some description.

Do change that statement that your visitor has broken your site though, it's not good form to accuse, even by implication, your users of having broken the site. Good form is to apologise to them for having failed to provide the page they were seeking explain if necessary it might be due to a typo error and then attempt to direct them somewhere meaningful.

Agreed. I changed it. How do I test to see if the 404 page is working? I have it up, and have updated .ataccess.

** nevermind. I have tested and is working **

Just tested it for you working fine, you should see mention in your logs.

Just did:
http://pixelbehavior.com/somepage/
and

http://pixelbehavior.com/doodah.php

Working for me, tried to head over to http://www.pixelbehavior.com/iwannabreakit just to find a shiny new 404 page

Thx Hugo!
Thx Vade!

Also meta tag the error pages noindex for search engines, no point google listing all the failed pages.

Ooh, is that font stealable? I mean I already have it but I won't use if it requires licensing.

Hugo, not sure I follow you. I have this bit of code in there...

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

Is that what you're talking about?

Shhh, i'm just borrowing it, promise.

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

yep