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diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt index 7d006667c0..4347c680a8 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt @@ -363,16 +363,15 @@ have no effect), which is a string in Python dotted syntax -- the same format the normal URLconf callbacks use. A 404 view itself has nothing special: It's just a normal view. -You normally won't have to bother with writing 404 views. By default, URLconfs -have the following line up top:: +You normally won't have to bother with writing 404 views. If you don't set +``handler404``, the built-in view :func:`django.views.defaults.page_not_found` +is used by default. In this case, you still have one obligation: To create a +``404.html`` template in the root of your template directory. The default 404 +view will use that template for all 404 errors. If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to +``False`` (in your settings module) and if you didn't create a ``404.html`` +file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead. So remember to create a ``404.html``. - from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url - -That takes care of setting ``handler404`` in the current module. As you can see -in ``django/conf/urls/defaults.py``, ``handler404`` is set to -:func:`django.views.defaults.page_not_found` by default. - -Four more things to note about 404 views: +A couple more things to note about 404 views: * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your 404 view will never be used (and thus the ``404.html`` template will never @@ -381,15 +380,6 @@ Four more things to note about 404 views: * The 404 view is also called if Django doesn't find a match after checking every regular expression in the URLconf. -* If you don't define your own 404 view -- and simply use the default, which - is recommended -- you still have one obligation: To create a ``404.html`` - template in the root of your template directory. The default 404 view will - use that template for all 404 errors. - -* If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``False`` (in your settings module) and if - you didn't create a ``404.html`` file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead. - So remember to create a ``404.html``. - Write a 500 (server error) view =============================== |