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When problems occur on a Web site, friendly and useful error messages can make the difference between winning and losing the loyalty of visitors. This set of articles explains what the error types mean and how to serve a custom error page for each with the Apache Web server, with help to solve your server errors.

Error: unfriendly error message

Put a professional face on predictable problems with Apache custom error pages and write a friendly error message for common HTTP errors:

HTTP error FAQs

Need help to solve your HTTP error problem? We may have the answer.

HTTP status 500 questions

  1. Can I use a constructor in my servlet?
  2. Internet Explorer does not show my custom 500 error page!
  3. Can I catch an exception and give my own error message?
  4. Could compiling a package cause an internal server error?
  5. My 500 error is java.lang.Exception!
  6. A JSP script causes 500 errors with some browsers!
  7. I get a 500 Internal Server Error for my favourite Web site!

HTTP status 404 questions

  1. I get a servlet 404 error at /examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorld!
  2. Can I return custom error pages in Tomcat?
  3. Internet Explorer does not show my custom 500 error page!
  4. All my JSP give a 404 error!
  5. I get "Object not found!" on http://intranet!
  6. How can I resolve a 404 bad request?
  7. How do I correct "/home/~user/htdocs/Login.html" not found?

HTTP status 403 questions

  1. How do I fix a 403 error?
  2. This HTTP 403 has just stopped my Windows Explorer out of the blue!

HTTP status 400 questions

  1. How do I correct a 400 bad request?
  2. Why do I get a 400 error?
  3. How can I resolve a 404 bad request?
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