Title: Customizing 404
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Customizing 404

 *  [emjaybiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emjaybiz/)
 * (@emjaybiz)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/)
 * I’d like my 404 page to look like this:
 * [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/)
 * right now it looks like this
 * [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404poo](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404poo)
 * I’ve modified the default 404.php a bit but any attempts to modify further have
   resulted in parse errors.
 * I don’t want to use any redirects because I want to know that 404s are happening,
   but I’d like the 404 page to look like the mockup i’ve made.
 * any help will be awesome.
 * thanks very much.

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 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4031818)
 * Edit 404.php in your templates folder and put your desired code in the #content
   div.
 *  Thread Starter [emjaybiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emjaybiz/)
 * (@emjaybiz)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4031825)
 * Just to clarify should i delete everything between
 * <div id=”content”>
 * and
 * </div><!– #content –>
 * and replace it with the code from the 404 page i made?
 *  Thread Starter [emjaybiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emjaybiz/)
 * (@emjaybiz)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4031867)
 * Ok
 * So I tried the above and after some tweaking got it to look like this
 * [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404ness/](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404ness/)
 * not quite this
 * [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/)
 * but closer. How could I expand the format to a full width page without breaking
   something?
 * Thanks.
 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4031869)
 * You have to inspect the elements (use Firebug, for example).
    Compare the codes
   from the two templates. Hint: the desired 404 page uses a fullwidth template.
   Check what you have chosen in page edit. The desired look is using a 100% width.
 *     ```
       .page-template-fullwidth
       .content-wrap {
       width: 100%;
       }
       ```
   
 * Hint 2: disable minifying while you edit HTML and/or CSS. It will be WAAAY easier.
 *  Thread Starter [emjaybiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emjaybiz/)
 * (@emjaybiz)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4031979)
 * Full width is want I want, I know, but what I can’t identify is how to make it
   be full width. The codes display
 * <div class=”content-wrap”>
 *  <div id=”content”>
 * in about the same place in the same way.
 *  I’m also not sure how to disable minifying.
 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4032008)
 * Correct me if i’m wrong, but doesn’t your theme have the option to select page
   layout [like this](http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/template.png?w=688)?
 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4032009)
 * > I’m also not sure how to disable minifying
 * Check your plugins sections to see if you’re using a minifying plugin or [W3 Total cache](http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)
   that also has a minify option.
 *  Thread Starter [emjaybiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emjaybiz/)
 * (@emjaybiz)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-404/#post-4032019)
 * Yes the themes does thve the full page width option in the drop down, I use it
   for all pages on the site.
 * That’s how i created this page which is what i want the 404 to look like:
    [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/404-2/)
 * when I copy the code from the above page into the content div in editing the 
   404.php file , the instructions for aligning the items center appear as text 
   on the final result and all of the content appears crammed into the center column.
 * as it does here:
 * [http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/nothere](http://www.twoandtwodesign.com/nothere)

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