# How to set up a 404 page?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-404-page/4670>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [December 22, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-404-page/4670 "2015-12-22T07:30:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bartje](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bartje/32/1210_2.png) [@Bartje](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bartje)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-404-page/4670/1 "2015-12-22T07:30:30Z")

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I try to set up a 404 page but something goes wrong.

I don’t have a ht access file on the server but there is a map “errors\_docs”. One of the docs in this folder is called “not\_found.html”. When I edit this file nothing happens. I created a rule ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404/index.html

“errors/404” is the folder and the document is named “index.html”.

Any suggestions ?

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**Author:** ![ashleykaryl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ashleykaryl/32/4202_2.png) [@ashleykaryl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ashleykaryl)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-404-page/4670/2 "2015-12-22T12:47:35Z")

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I think it depends a little bit on the server configuration but in my case it worked by creating a page for "404.shtml"and I gather the shtml extension is particular for 404 pages. I also added a timed redirect to the header meta tags but that is a personal choice.

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