If a certain page on a site doesn't load for some reason or in case a link is not working, the site visitor shall see an error page with some generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the site, that could make the visitor leave your Internet site. A potential solution in cases like this is a feature made available from some website hosting providers - the ability to set your own customized error pages that will have the exact same design as your site and that can contain any images or text that you would like dependent upon the specific error. There are 4 popular errors which could take place 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 a page, but you haven't done this yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to view a certain page; and 404, in case a link that you have clicked leads to a file which does not exist. In each of these situations, visitors will be able to see your custom made content rather than a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting

You will be able to set up personalized error pages for each of your domains or subdomains. The function is supported by all shared hosting solutions which we provide, so after you log in to the Hepsia CP and visit the Hosted Domains section, you may click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up that"ll appear, you could choose the kind of error page that should show up - a default one from our system, a conventional Apache server page or a customized one. For the aforementioned alternative, you will need to assign the URL to the page, so when you use customized pages, you should upload the files in your Internet hosting account first. An alternative way is to use an .htaccess file positioned in the domain or subdomain folder with a line for each and every error type. The actual syntax can be seen in our Knowledge Base, so that you can use this function even if you don't have any previous experience.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your web sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to set personalized error pages for each of them with ease via our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With only several mouse clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you can change the default setting from a system page to a custom made one for each of the four error types. All you should do is supply a link to each file you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If required, you shall be able to revert this change at any time and in exactly the same way. If you'd like, you could use an .htaccess file too. It must be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder belonging to the website whose error pages you intend to modify and the content for such a file can be found in our Help article on this matter.