5 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/views/default/css/elements/layout.php b/views/default/css/elements/layout.php
index 42d898439..25a2bffb7 100644
--- a/views/default/css/elements/layout.php
+++ b/views/default/css/elements/layout.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 .elgg-layout-two-sidebar {
 	background: transparent url(<?php echo elgg_get_site_url(); ?>_graphics/two_sidebar_background.gif) repeat-y right top;
 }
+.elgg-layout-error {
+	margin-top: 20px;
+}
 .elgg-sidebar {
 	position: relative;
 	padding: 20px 10px;
diff --git a/views/default/errors/404.php b/views/default/errors/404.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bc35acdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/default/errors/404.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Page not found error
+ */
+
+$message = elgg_echo('error:404');
+
+echo "<h2>$message</h2>";
diff --git a/views/default/errors/default.php b/views/default/errors/default.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0582eba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/default/errors/default.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * General error
+ */
+
+$message = elgg_echo('error:default');
+
+echo "<h2>$message</h2>";
diff --git a/views/default/page/error.php b/views/default/page/error.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7ba3ae9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/default/page/error.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Page shell for errors
+ *
+ * This is for errors that are not unhandled exceptions. Those are handled
+ * through the failsafe viewtype to guarantee that no further exceptions occur.
+ * An example error would be 404 (page not found).
+ * 
+ * @uses $vars['title']       The page title
+ * @uses $vars['body']        The main content of the page
+ * @uses $vars['sysmessages'] A 2d array of various message registers, passed from system_messages()
+ */
+
+echo elgg_view('page/default', $vars);
diff --git a/views/default/page/layouts/error.php b/views/default/page/layouts/error.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdce28a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/default/page/layouts/error.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Error layout
+ */
+
+$class = 'elgg-layout-error';
+if (isset($vars['class'])) {
+	$class = "$class {$vars['class']}";
+}
+$vars['class'] = $class;
+
+echo elgg_view('page/layouts/one_column', $vars);