When a page on your website doesn't load, an error message shall be displayed to the website visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages that'll appear, but what's common for all of them is that they're generic and probably shall have practically nothing in common with the design of your Internet site, which can be frustrating for any website visitor. This is the primary reason why website hosting service providers have introduced a feature named Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, site visitors will see your custom made content, which may be informative or humorous, based on your choice, and which will match the overall design of your site, so the pages will not look like they're not part of your website 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 Hosting

You shall be able to set up personalized error pages for all of your domains or subdomains. The function is supported by all hosting package that we provide, so as soon as you log in to your Hepsia CP and check out the Hosted Domains section, you can easily click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up that"ll show up, you can pick the sort of error page which should appear - a default one from our system, a conventional Apache server page or a personalized one. For the latter option, you need to specify the URL to the page, so when you use custom made pages, you should upload the files in your web hosting account first. An alternative way is to use an .htaccess file positioned in the domain or subdomain folder with a line for every error type. The actual syntax can be located in our Knowledge Base, so that you can use this feature even if you do not have any previous experience.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we supply support tailor-made error pages and it will not take more than a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel to use this functionality. The option is included in the Hosted Domains section of your Control Panel where you'll need to type in the links to the custom-made files through very simple drop-down menus and an intuitive interface. Of course, you must upload them in your account before that. In case you don't want to use this feature at some point, you can deactivate it just as quickly and pick an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be displayed when your visitors encounter an error. If you'd like to, you could also use an .htaccess file to permit the customized error pages. The file needs to contain a particular line of code as well as a link for every single error type and you can discover an example of the entire content for all four error types in our Help section.