Re: Custom error page for WEB BROWSER

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=492177

explains exactly how to do it in firefox :)

R


On 8/14/07, Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Keith, does the solution have to work in both Firefox and IE, or are
you
> able to lock the client down to one particular browser?
>
> If you can lock it down to Firefox, then *maybe* a custom theme would
do
> the job.
>
> when FF can't find a server, it displays a page 
"NetError.css"   (to
> check this, browse to  http://thisisatotallyfalsewebsite:99
- - you'll get
> the familiar page. view page info, and you'll find it's called
> neterror.css).
>
> I haven't been able to locate this file on the local file system, but
> googling it returns thousands of links to Themes. Suggesting that you
can
> customise this page in a custom Theme.
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:2
has some info,
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions
has more technical info on
> building your own.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Rob
>
>
> On 8/14/07, Rodney Hall <rmh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   Hi All,
> >
> > Has anyone found a way to get a web browser to display a fixed
HTML
> > file in the event of a failed navigation rather than the standard
> > error pages displayed in IE and Firefox.
> >
> > << snip>>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > Have you tried a custom 401 page with <meta
> > http-equiv="refresh"content=0;
> > url="http://fooo/foo.html";>
> > in the head? I use it on my own website ( with content=2) to
access a
> > specific page for a failed page.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > That should have read 404 pages!
> >
> > --
> > Rodney Hall
> > Dum spiro spero
> > While I breathe, I hope
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > rmh@xxxxxxx <rmh%40rmhh.co.uk>
> > http://rmhh.co.uk/
> > http://rmhh.org.uk/
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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