How to make a custom "404 error" page!

A "404" is an error message you get when you follow a link to a web-page that doesn't exist. By default this error message is a web-page created by your web-host provider.
Did you know that you can customize this web-page? This will keep you from losing viewers when you delete a page or mess up a link ... funneling those "lost souls" back into your site. This is especially important for search engines ... you don't want to lose all that SE traffic when you move a page!
Directions
  1. Open a text editor (Windows notepad will do), and copy the following onto the first line:

    ErrorDocument 404 /error-page.html

    Now, save the file onto your hard-drive as a text file (.txt) and name it ".htaccess.txt". Yes, I know that is a weird file name, but that first period is necessary. We'll rename the file after we upload it.
  2. FTP to your web-site's root directory (where your homepage is located) with a program like WS-FTP. Copy the above file into the main directory of your site.
    note: Be sure to upload in "ascii" and not "binary" format.
  3. Rename ".htaccess.txt" to plain old ".htaccess"
  4. Finally, create a custom web-page with your html editor, name it "error-page.html", and upload it into your root directory.

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