How do you see Error Page Previews

Question

As the question implies:

I've created a new errors theme in /error/custom/ and edited the layout.xml to show the new error pages but I don't know how to test them??

Does anyone know how to force an error or preview the error pages?

By this I mean its easy to force a 404 error just visit www.yourdomain.com/ajdkts.html and it will produce a 404 error.

But how would I force a 500 error or a 503 error? So that I can see that I can preview my changes.

Answer 1

Inside of the errors directory are a few files. One is 503.php and the other is 404.php. Just point your browser there and it will render those pages:

http:// magento.localdev/errors/503.php

http:// magento.localdev/errors/404.php

To see what a production error would show use report.php:

http:// magento.localdev/errors/report.php

Answer 2

To enable error reporting

In your index.php add this at top

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

also In Errors folder rename local.xml.sample to local.xml

You can also check var/log folder

Answer 3

Are you talking about 404 and 503 custom pages then here is the link please follow ... http://inchoo.net/magento/enhance-magento-404-page/

Answer 4

Follow this link: you get exactly what you want

http://www.templatemonster.com/help/magento-how-to-display-error-messages.html#gref