In this tutorial I will show you how to create custom 404 error page for a Django project.
Creating a custom 404 page provides a user-friendly informative message when a page is not found. Instead of a "Page Not Found" message, show your custom 404 page.
1.Ensure that Django project is configured to use custom error pages by setting DEBUG = False in settings.py.
2.In templates directory, create a file named 404.html.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Page Not Found</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
text-align: center;
margin: 50px;
}
h1 {
font-size: 3em;
color: #ff6f61;
}
p {
font-size: 1.5em;
}
a {
color: #007bff;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>404 - Page Not Found</h1>
<p>Sorry, the page you are looking for does not exist.</p>
<a href="/">Return to Home</a>
</body>
</html>