Preventing 404 errors on your staging Web site

Place a blank HTML file in the root of the staging Web site to prevent 404 messages on your staging Web site while editing.

Procedure

  1. Access the server on which your staging Web site runs.
  2. Navigate to the root folder of your staging Web site.
  3. Create a plain-text file. This file can be completely empty, or it can be a valid HTML page without actual content.
  4. Save this file as se_blank.html on the root folder, and close it.