.htaccess problems, custom 404

[marcogolfo]

Ok, here is the problem. My boss uploaded a .htaccess file to the site a w hile back to create a custom 404 page. As it turns out, it looks like the custom 404 is returning a 302, absolute disaster. The problem is I don't know where he uploaded the file to and neither does he and as it is .file I can't see it. Does anyone know how, A. I can fix this problem and B. I can find where the file is.

[moojoo]

Any good FTP app will show it or you can telnet/ssh in to the server and find it that way too via Terminal.app or the windows equivelant. You may want to try FileZilla as its free and fairly decent, if you are on a Mac get Transmit or CyberDuck.

As for creating the .htaccess to enable said function.

I normally tunnel into my server and cd (Change Directory) to where I want the file then pico the .htaccess file. If the file does not exist you can write it out in pico. Then add this line:

ErrorDocument 404 /your_error_file_name.html

for me I just hit Control + X to write out the file. then yes at the prompt.

[marcogolfo]

Thank you for your reply but unfortunately it went wooosh straight over my head ;(

[moojoo]

Well in Windows, OS X etc.. any file starting with a period is by default invisible. Another thing you can do is open note pad, select All Files and save the text file as htaccess.txt (Make sure it uploads as ASCII and not Binary) with the above mentioned line of code in it. Upload it to your web server and through your FTP client rename the file to .htaccess.

Maybe this link will help explain it to you better:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml