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@@ -363,16 +363,15 @@ have no effect), which is a string in Python dotted syntax -- the same
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format the normal URLconf callbacks use. A 404 view itself has nothing
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special: It's just a normal view.
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-You normally won't have to bother with writing 404 views. By default, URLconfs
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-have the following line up top::
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+You normally won't have to bother with writing 404 views. If you don't set
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+``handler404``, the built-in view :func:`django.views.defaults.page_not_found`
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+is used by default. In this case, you still have one obligation: To create a
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+``404.html`` template in the root of your template directory. The default 404
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+view will use that template for all 404 errors. If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to
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+``False`` (in your settings module) and if you didn't create a ``404.html``
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+file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead. So remember to create a ``404.html``.
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- from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
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-
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-That takes care of setting ``handler404`` in the current module. As you can see
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-in ``django/conf/urls/defaults.py``, ``handler404`` is set to
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-:func:`django.views.defaults.page_not_found` by default.
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-
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-Four more things to note about 404 views:
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+A couple more things to note about 404 views:
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* If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your
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404 view will never be used (and thus the ``404.html`` template will never
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@@ -381,15 +380,6 @@ Four more things to note about 404 views:
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* The 404 view is also called if Django doesn't find a match after checking
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every regular expression in the URLconf.
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-* If you don't define your own 404 view -- and simply use the default, which
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- is recommended -- you still have one obligation: To create a ``404.html``
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- template in the root of your template directory. The default 404 view will
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- use that template for all 404 errors.
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-
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-* If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``False`` (in your settings module) and if
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- you didn't create a ``404.html`` file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead.
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- So remember to create a ``404.html``.
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-
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Write a 500 (server error) view
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