Having issues setting custom 404 page...

Hey all,
I'm not sure if I'm missing a step, I created a custom 404 page ("404.html") and it's in the root of the website folder. Under Websites (tab) > Server Website, I click Advanced Settings and set the custom error page to "/404.html", yet entering, say, website.com/abc, still brings me to the generic Apache 404 page.
I also tried specifying the 404 page as "/404" and "404.html", and I tried adding it to the index file list.. No dice.
I'm sure I could do it manually via the .htaccess file, but before I do that (and before I inquire about doing that), I want to make sure I'm doing everything I should be doing through the Server App.
Any ideas?

Okay, I ended up creating and using a .htaccess file to override Apache's default settings, since I had issues saving changes to the .conf files in Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2, it's very locked down, and for good reason of course.
For those with the same issue,
0.5) In OS X Server app's Website settings, click "Advanced Settings" and check the "allow overrides using .htaccess files" box.
1) Create a new document in your favorite text editor. I used TextWrangler, free from the App Store.
2) Copy the text
ErrorDocument 404 /pathtofile
and change /pathtofile to the path to your custom 404 page, which can be HTML or PHP.
3) Save the file as ".htaccess" ideally into the root of your website folder directly, because the dot at the beginning makes it hidden, so you can't save it to the desktop and move it later (unless you show hidden files via that Terminal command)
4) Done! You don't have to restart Apache or OS X Server or OS X for the change to take effect, just go to yoursite.com/someRandomURLthatDoesn'tExist and watch the magic.
Courtesy of http://askubuntu.com/questions/53199/custom-apache-404-page and Google.

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