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Is there a way to prevent Publii from overwriting the 404.html file?

January 31, 2020 at 7:32 am #1579

[anonymous]

I modified the 404 page from my theme to include custom text, CSS classes, and a JavaScript back button. Every time I render a preview of my website, it writes over my 404.html and I have to resave it from my code editor. Is there a way to stop Publii from doing this?

January 31, 2020 at 12:43 pm #1592
[anonymous]
A possible solution could be:
- customize your 404 file (provided by Publii) and rename it like: 404-page.html or something like this.
- declare your default error page via htaccess:
ErrorDocument 404 /404-page.html

it should work
January 31, 2020 at 11:51 pm #1597

[anonymous]

Hi @andriezzo,

Thanks for that. I have a tendency to ignore certain things, for instance the fact that I was editing the Preview render file. Of course, in Input there isn’t a 404.html file. Does .htaccess go in the root of my Input folder?

February 1, 2020 at 6:35 am #1598

Bob

Hi, the 404.html file can be found in the following location: ‎⁨(Documents ▸ ⁨Publii⁩ ▸ ⁨sites⁩ ▸ ⁨YOUR_SITE ▸ ⁨input⁩ ▸ ⁨themes⁩ ▸ ⁨YOUR_THEME)

February 2, 2020 at 12:38 pm #1606

[anonymous]

[anonymous] wrote:

Hi @andriezzo,

Does .htaccess go in the root of my Input folder?

Yes, it must be in the root folder but it works on an Apache server.

February 2, 2020 at 7:09 pm #1607

[anonymous]

Great. Thanks all for your replies. I do appreciate it!