404 page Setup 
Author: Giulio V.
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Dear community
I need to create a 404 page. The instructions presented by X5 seems easy enough, but I would like some opinions, suggestions, on the process to do it right the first time. Without having to clean up a mess if it doesen't work.
- I use CANVA and used their 404 page template. When I downloaded it, it suggested to save it as a .pdf, So is this a good file to upload it to my site, or should it be a Jpeg.
- When I upload it to my site, does the program set up the file automatically where the code needs to go? Or do I need to deal with anything on my server like .htaccess etc?
I hope I have presented these questions in a way that is satisfactory, my desire is to know fully how to do it right the first time.
A step by step process will be appreciated very much.
Your suggestions are very much welcomed. Giulio
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Hello Giulio
I suggest to you to create a simple html page like below
And to modify your .htaccess file with the line
ErrorDocument 404 https://wwwmywebsite.com/404.html
Hope this helps
Axel
if you are on linux host, it does everything by itself WebsiteX5 program
You create a blank page
You put the image object there , with your jpg and your text
You set it up as a 404 page
You export
you won't even need to edit the htaccess that WebiteX5 takes care of it.
PS: PDF makes no sense, it is not a native format for the Web.
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Hi Claudio
I rember seeing that the 404 page should not be an indexed page. If so how do I keep it from being indexed?
You are amazing, you provide valid answers quickly and I think you are very appreciated across the community.
Thank you.
as with all other pages on websiteX5
uncheck for sitemap
and add the noindex tag
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Claudio
The reason it said to not index the page is we don't want it to show up on search.
indeed right not to index the 404
And I told you how to do that...:
as with all other pages on websiteX5
uncheck for sitemap
and add the noindex tag
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Hi Claudio
Could you please send me the "No Index" code you are refering to?
And for future reference where or how do I get it. I hope to get this done as soon as possible.
Thank you for your expertise.
as seen in my image
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/block-indexing?hl=en