Added a method to render 404 and 500 pages. Added a reference to these views in urls.py.

lms/djangoapps/static_template_view/views.py

@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ def render(request, template):
     url(r'^jobs$', 'static_template_view.views.render', {'template': 'jobs.html'}, name="jobs")
     """    
     return render_to_response('static_templates/' + template, {})
+
+def render_404(request):
+    return render_to_response('static_templates/404.html', {})
     
+def render_500(request):
+    return render_to_response('static_templates/server-error.html', {})
 
 valid_auth_templates=[]
 

lms/templates/static_templates/404.html

-
 <%inherit file="../main.html" />
 
 <section class="outside-app">

lms/templates/static_templates/server-error.html

 <%inherit file="../main.html" />
 
 <section class="outside-app">
-  <h1>There has been an error on the <em>edX</em> servers</h1>
+  <h1>There has been a 500 error on the <em>edX</em> servers</h1>
   <p>Our staff is currently working to get the site back up as soon as possible. Please email us at <a href="mailto:technical@mitx.mit.edu">technical@mitx.mit.edu</a> to report any problems or downtime.</p>
 </section>

lms/urls.py

@@ -162,3 +162,9 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(*urlpatterns)
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
+    
+    
+#Custom error pages 
+handler404 = 'static_template_view.views.render_404'
+handler500 = 'static_template_view.views.render_500'
+