Customize the 404 page?

[pixelrage]

Hello, how can we customize the 404 page? It currently exists and outputs a message, but this output isn’t anywhere to be seen in 404.php. Thanks

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[Jason Bobich]

Hello,

I can think of three good ways you could tackle editing this.

Option 1: You could simply put in whatever content you want by copying content-404.php to your Child theme and editing it.

http://dev.themeblvd.com/tutorial/editable-content-files/

You’d be replacing where you see

<?php echo themeblvd_get_local( '404' ); ?>

Option 2: You could use the String Swap plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-blvd-string-swap/

Option 3: From your functions.php of your Child theme, you could just filter in your own text.

function my_frontend_locals( $locals ){
	$locals['404'] = 'Your text';
	return $locals;
}
add_filter( 'themeblvd_frontend_locals', 'my_frontend_locals' );

[pixelrage]

Thanks Jason! That first option was perfect, with the 404 page going into the child theme.

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