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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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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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Create new page and specify these in your Page Settings
Path /*
Status: 404
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?
I guess we could add some control to bootstrap 404 with single click
We also need to implement page forwarding to support 404 in cms
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.
Agree, existing page makes sense
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