Hi Laura,
that's what I do at the moment and actually have a very big message since I explain there are no reviews yet and then have some html code that links to the add_review in order to allow people to add a review.
However a few people have sent me emails saying they find it a bit harsh the presentation with Error message since it isn't actually an error on their behalf and why can't I just have a message saying "There are no opinions yet, but please feel free to post your own opinion".

Is there anyway to know what the error is and intercept that specific error from within the error.html page ?

There must be some way to hack the code in the routine for reviews because at one point it must direct the user to the specific error.html page but I was thinking there may be a slightly less obtrusive way around it...

Thanks,

John
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