# Exercise 1.9: Create a friendly error page

Customising error messages is often overlooked, but it’s easy to tailor this experience for your website. See: <https://salsadigital.com.au/somepage> as an example.

![Image of 404 page](https://3186608908-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzAsrTcKaHnLDg-7ALW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-2fadd3635fe4da1b925edbcd028e985f387952b8%2FEx-1-9-404-page.png?alt=media)

In this exercise you’ll create a custom error message/page. The page could be a graphic, or a useful message.

1. Create basic *Standard pages* with an appropriate message for each situation (e.g. <http://example.com/notfound> and <http://example.com/accessdenied>)
2. Go to *Configuration* → *System* → **Basic site settings**.
3. Type in the paths in the bottom section on **Error pages**.
4. Save configuration.

![Image of Basic site settings page](https://3186608908-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LzAsrTcKaHnLDg-7ALW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f669e4e4ac04bb84ebee72c4f56b589a0447089b%2FEx-1-9-Basic-Site-Settings-1.png?alt=media)