more on Custom Error Pages

I found this page quite useful for customizing the wp-404 template.
MtDewVirus » Custom Error Pages

To utilize the custom error template which the default WP1.5 template has built in requires a simple setp:
Add the following .htaccess code entry below wordpress code:
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404

I also did a quick runthrough on setting up a robots.txt file to point search engines the right direction. (and away from things I didn’t want catalogued.)