If a page on your site does not load, an error message shall be shown to the visitor. Since there are different errors, there are different pages which will display, but what's typical for all of them is that they are generic and almost certainly shall have nothing that is similar to the design of your site, which may be frustrating for any site visitor. This is the main reason why website hosting service providers have introduced a function named Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, website visitors shall see your custom made content, which can be informative or witty, in accordance with your preference, and which shall match the overall layout of your site, so the pages shall not seem like they are not part of your Internet site at all. You can use this option for a number of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Web Hosting

If you get a web hosting from us, you'll be able to set personalized error pages for your websites fast and easy, because this feature is a part of all of our plans. After you have created the files and uploaded them to your website hosting account, you can check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and click on the Edit button for the specific domain or subdomain. In the pop-up that will appear, you shall see drop-down menus for all four types of errors and for each one of them you may pick an Apache default page, a generic page from our system or a tailor-made page. Should you select the 3rd option, you should simply input the URL to the file that you've uploaded and save the change. One other way to set customized error pages is to set up an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder and to add several lines of code in it. If you don't have prior experience or if you are simply not sure how to do that, you may simply copy/paste the code from our Knowledge Base article on that topic.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Including your own pages for each of the four error types to any website hosted in a semi-dedicated server account with us will be very uncomplicated and will not take more than several mouse clicks. As soon as you upload the files inside your account, you can navigate to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and edit any of the domains and subdomains listed there through an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You may choose what page should show up for each error type. Your options are a default Apache server page or a page from our system, and customized pages. In case you pick the aforementioned option, you have to type the link to every page inside your account, then save the change. The link or the type of page that appears when a user encounters an error can be changed at any time. In case you’re more experienced, you could use an .htaccess file to be able to set custom made error pages as well, as opposed to using our integrated generator software instrument, and in case you choose this option, the file must be located in the root directory of a specific domain or subdomain.