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404 Pages: how is this handled?

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The community member is trying to find a way to set up a 404 page in the Project settings, but is unable to do so. The comments suggest creating a new page and specifying the path in the Page Settings, or adding a control to bootstrap the 404 page with a single click. Some community members also suggest making 404 page features more intuitive for new users and non-programmers, such as having an existing editable 404 page in the project. There is no explicitly marked answer, but the community members seem to agree that having an existing 404 page would be the most intuitive solution.

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JJohn at Work
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I thought maybe I could find a way in the Project settings. But not seeing it.

I searched here and documentation (https://docs.webstudio.is/university/foundations?q=404)
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BBogdan
Create new page and specify these in your Page Settings
Path /*
Status: 404
LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks
Question: I've seen some features like the 404 pages that aren't intuitive, hence why people have to ask questions on here in order to learn. Do you plan to make these kinds of features more intuitive in the future, or is there some advantage to keeping it at a low-level code sort of thing?
BBogdan
I guess we could add some control to bootstrap 404 with single click
BBogdan
We also need to implement page forwarding to support 404 in cms
LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks
I'm just thinking about new users and people that are non programmers. They should be able to learn webstudio without having to know much about code or get on a discord to find some specific formula for something. (I understand it's still in development and balancing between intuitive and a low level of abstraction is easier said than done)

For something like a 404 the most intuitive way would be to have the page already exist in the project and make it editable. That could potentially have some drawbacks I'm sure though.
BBogdan
Agree, existing page makes sense
IIgor Couto
Just checking whether this is still the 'official' way to handle 404 errors? - i.e., create a page with path /* and status 404?...
BBogdan
You can use catch all page path for this /*
BBogdan
yes, responded to original post 😅
IIgor Couto
It sounds like you guys are already working on a more intuitive solution, which is awesome, but in the meantime it would be really helpful to have a little entry in the Docs about this... 😉
KKwame
100% agree about an entry in the docs.
It would be good if the Craft template came with one too, might be a nice-to-have in helping people get started on it.
OOleg Isonen
https://docs.webstudio.is/university/craft
IIgor Couto
I think @Kwame probably meant "...if the Craft template came with a 404 page, too".
KKwame
Haha yes, sorry! Poor grammar!
IIgor Couto
Just a quick note to let everyone know that if you're using a page with the /* "catch-all" URL as your 404 page, you should create that page absolutely last on your website, as from that moment on any other new pages you add to the site will be ignored and routed automatically to your "catch-all" page — already posted a bug report about it.
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