then I saved the file and named it .htaccess (without any extention) and ftp/uploaded it to the root directory on my site. Next I made another file and called it 404.html (you can call it what you want) and inserted html code ie:
(html)(head)(title)you can title it whatever you choose(/title)
(meta name="description" content="Include your description here")
(meta name="keywords" content="Insert your keywords here")
(/head)
(body bgcolor="#XXXXXX" text="#XXXXXX" link="#XXXXXX" vlink="#XXXXXX")
DO NOT forget to use the brackets ie: < > (I used the ( )'s so that you'd be able to 'see' it.

