.htaccess file

Hello all,

I have an issue with permalinks and a custom 404 page.

If I turn off permalinks then my custom 404 page works. If I use permalinks my custom 404 page is not shown just a the footer code for my theme. No header or content in anyway just the code itself written on the screen.

Here is the contents of the .htaccess file:-

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Why does it not work 🙁