Custom errors in web.config

Question

User694418659 posted

Hi,

Trying unsuccessfully to redirect users to custom error pages from my web.config file. I see the default browser error page on errors.

Here's the code I'm using:

	<system.web>
		<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="error.aspx">
		<error statusCode="404" redirect="notfound.aspx" />
		<error statusCode="403.6" redirect="restricted.aspx" />
		</customErrors>
	</system.web>

Any ideas what's wrong?

Thanks,
Mart

Answer 1

User753101303 posted

 It should work from a remote machine and for requests that are handled by ASP.NET rather than just by IIS. That is make sure you are not using a browser on the same machine than the web server and that you are testing for now using z.aspx rather than z.htm.

Answer 2

User-1174608757 posted

Hi stabes,

According to your code, it seems no problems.However,I notice that you directly write code as below:

defaultRedirect="error.aspx"

"error.aspx" is the relative path of  error page which means that  page you want to redirect should be directly  in the webapplication but not in any folder of application.

For instance if the error page is in the folder as below:

 

Then you should write code as below:

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/ErrorPages/Oops.aspx">
    <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/ErrorPages/404.aspx" />
</customErrors>

Best Regards

Wei

Answer 3

User694418659 posted

See updated code attached. No luck.  Whatever I've tried, it doesn't work. 

	<system.web>
		<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/errors/error.aspx">
		<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/errors/notfound.aspx" />
		<error statusCode="403.6" redirect="~/errors/restricted.aspx" />
		</customErrors>
	</system.web>

Answer 4

User-1174608757 posted

Hi stabes,

Are you testing on your local machine?If so,I suggest that you could change customErrors  mode to 'On' which you could see as below:

<system.web>
    <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="about.aspx">
      <error statusCode="404" redirect="about.aspx" /> 
    </customErrors>

Then make sure the page you are testing ends with aspx.I think it will show your customer page.

Best Regards

Wei