Hi, i dont understand this coustom 404 thing. I read her tutorial. And just dont understand. Okay7 you have to name the file .htaccess right? Well what goes before it? Like "Whatshould go here.htacesss"

no, .htaccess isn't the file type. It should be called:

.htaccess.txt

I have no idea why it has the dot before it but it just does.

Nothing comes before .htacess. It is not called .htaccess.txt, if it is named that, rename it with your FTP program to just .htaccess.

No, that is it's ROXXOR MS DOS NAME . Duh. It is a .txt though!

It is not called .htaccess.txt. Some editors name it that way though, and a simple renaming of the file using an FTP program will give you .htaccess.

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

Originally posted by Stormx
No, that is it's ROXXOR MS DOS NAME . Duh. It is a .txt though!
the htaccess file has no "filename" and no further extensions on it. epolady is correct.

.htaccess

there should NOT be any .txt on the end.

AH i just dont get it.....its not working. My server doesnt mention it though!here (http://www.digital-escape.org/.htaccess) There is my htaccess file. Did I do nething wrong? I tried lisa's but its not working..so I tried the other tutorial that was linked. Whats wrong?

does your host support htaccess capabilities?
did you upload the file in ASCII mode through FTP?
do you have the CHMOD of the file set to 644?

Duh, it is a .txt! it isn't a gif or jpg is it not? Not a .dat or a .bin . It is a .txt!

From here (http://www.lissaexplains.com/html6.shtml#block)....


Create a text file as described above with the .htaccess extension.

Originally posted by Stormx
Duh, it is a .txt! it isn't a gif or jpg is it not? Not a .dat or a .bin . It is a .txt!

.htaccess is the extension, if there was one. it is not a txt file, lay off it

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If you're hosted in some places...they already have an .htaccess file thing. You can just change the address in there too the address you want to use...I hope I was helpful...=S