Preventing 404 errors on your staging website

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

Procedure

  1. Access the server on which your staging website runs.
  2. Navigate to the root folder of your staging website.
  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.