Question
My React app is Showing default 404 error page instead of Custom 404 error page, Why?
- Posted on December 15, 2020
- ReactDigitalOcean App Platform
Asked by Vimal Kumar
My App is Hosted at app Platform (Static sites) of Do.
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đź‘‹ @vimalverma
To use a custom 404 page, you can generate a file named
404.htmlat the document root during the build process and it will be used by App Platform.Alternatively, if you are using React Router and it renders its own 404 page, you can route all “not found” requests to
index.htmland then React can look at the URL and generate a 404 page if the route does not exist. To do this, navigate to your App -> Components -> select the static site -> Expand the “Custom Pages” section. There, choose “Catchall” for the type and enterindex.htmlfor the page name.Let me know if that works!