When a page on your website does not load, an error message will be displayed to the site visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages which will appear, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and probably will have nothing that resembles the design of your website, which can be annoying for any site visitor. That is the primary reason why web hosting service providers have introduced a feature referred to as Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, website visitors will see your custom made content, which may be informative or humorous, based on your preference, and which shall match the design of your website, so the pages won't appear as if they're not part of your Internet site at all. You can use this option for numerous errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting

You will be able to set up custom error pages for all of your Internet sites with ease when you use any of our Linux shared hosting packages. This can be done via the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts and once you go there, you could set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account before you start and input the links to them through the process. This function may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to choose from are a standard page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Tailor-made error pages could be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put in the domain or subdomain folder and it must incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you may copy the whole content required for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Including your pages for any of the four error types to any website hosted from a semi-dedicated server account with us will be really uncomplicated and won't take more than several clicks. After you upload the files to your account, you could check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and edit each of the domains and subdomains listed there through an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You can choose what page should show up for each error type. The alternatives are a standard Apache server page or a page from our system, and customized pages. In case you select the abovementioned option, you will need to enter the link to every single page in your account, then save the change. The link or the sort of page that will be displayed if a user encounters an error can be changed at any time. If you are more experienced, you could use an .htaccess file to set tailor-made error pages as well, as an alternative to using our integrated generator software tool, and if you select this option, the file needs to be located in the root directory of a given domain or subdomain.