My web site/server is using a custom 404 page written in PHP/HTML (error.php); however, I\'m running into a problem with Internet Explorer.
Apparently, there is a default setting for IE where \"Friendly HTTP Error Messages\" is set. This replaces the server\'s error messages with it\'s own version. As this is a default browser setting and 85% of our site viewers are using IE, this setting presents a problem.
According to the Microsoft web site (http://www.microsoft.com/window2000...re/iierrcst.htm), any error file larger than 512 bytes should override this setting and display the error page.
Our error.php file is much larger than 512 bytes; however, it doesn\'t override the default IE setting. As this posted \"fix\" was probably intended to solve the problem on a Microsoft 2000 server, I appear to be out of luck on our Apache server.
I, my IT department, and the support staff of our web host have all researched the issue and been unable to come up with an answer.
Also, please note the following:
1) When I tested it, the custom 404 page appeared in multiple Netscape versions and on Safari (which I use at home).
2) With \"friendly error messages\" turned off in IE, my custom 404 page appears as expected. Unfortunately, this option defaults to \"on\" when installing and using IE.
3) When using the default 404 for my server, I achieve the same results as mentioned in #1 and #2.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this? Obviously under the circumstances, I\'m in-between a rock and a hard place.
Any ideas are appreciated!
Thanks,
Eric Baze, Creative Specialist
ConferenceCall.com
ebaze@conferencecall.com