local / offline 404 page

[CodyRR]

I am trying to implement a 404 page for a local / offline website if there is a dead link or such, but cannot get it to work locally, but only in an online environment... are there different settings / code to achieve this?

The .htaccess file includes the following:

ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html

notfound.html and .htaccess are stored in the parent file directory.

We tested the 404 in an online environment, and everything was functional.

Would there be any issue with creating a 404 page for an offline directory, and how could this be overcome?

[abduraooft]

notfound.html and .htaccess are stored in the parent file directory.

parent of what? Could you please show your local directory structure ?

[CodyRR]

Originally Posted by abduraooft

parent of what? Could you please show your local directory structure ?

Sorry for the delay of my response.

All files are stored in a directory, locally.

Here is the directory structure within this folder

C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\.htaccess
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\index.html
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\main.css
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\notfound.html
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\html\page1.html
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\html\page2.html
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\images\image1.jpg
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\images\image2.jpg
C:\Users\Cody\Documents\WEB\images\image3.jpg

Google Chrome points directly to index.html as the home page.

Just a reminder - the 404 error pages DOES display when uploaded to a server on the internet, but will not display if the browses reads the files from a local directory.

[CodyRR]

Maybe it is possible to change Google Chrome's built-in 404 message to suit my needs? Any ideas?

[abduraooft]

Do you have a local server in your machine? Are you accessing the files directly or by typing the server path, like http://localhost or something like that?

[Inigoesdr]

Chrome doesn't handle .htaccess files -- they're for the webserver configuration. As abduraooft mentioned, you need to be running a webserver(like WampServer, or XAMPP) locally and accessing it via http://localhost or http://your.local.ip.address -- not file:///path/to/file/.

[CodyRR]

Will set this up, thanks so much. Will come back with any issues.