If a particular page on an Internet site doesn't load for some reason or in case a link is not functioning, the website visitor shall see an error page with a generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the website, that could make the visitor leave your site. A possible solution in cases like this is a feature offered by some website hosting providers - the ability to set up your own custom error pages which will have the exact same design as your Internet site and which can contain any images or text you want dependent upon the specific error. There are 4 popular errors that can occur and they involve these particular so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your world-wide web browser sends a bad request to the hosting server and it cannot be processed; 401, in case you are supposed to log in to see some web page, but you have not done so yet; 403, if you don't have a permission to view a specific page; and 404, when a link which you've clicked leads to a file that doesn't exist. In each of these cases, website visitors shall be able to see your custom content as opposed to a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting

You can set up custom error pages for each of your websites with ease if you use any of our Linux cloud website hosting services. This can be done via the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you'll be able to set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You must upload the files to your account before you start and input the links to them through the process. This function could be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to pick from are a standard page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Custom made error pages may be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be placed in the domain or subdomain folder and it must contain some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you can copy the entire content required for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you can set customized error pages for any of them effortlessly through our in-house created Hepsia hosting CP. With only a few mouse clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you'll be able to edit the default setting from a system page to a personalized one for any of the four error types. All you must do is provide a link to every single file that you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If necessary, you will be able to revert this customization whenever you want and in exactly the same way. If you wish, you could use an .htaccess file as well. It must be created/uploaded within the domain or subdomain folder linked to the internet site whose error pages you want to modify and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article on this matter.