Each time a page on your site doesn't load, an error message shall be displayed to the website visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that'll display, but what's typical for all of them is that they are generic and probably shall have nothing in common with the layout of your Internet site, which could be aggravating for any site visitor. That is the main reason why website hosting providers have introduced a function named Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, site visitors shall see your unique content, which could be informative or funny, in accordance with your choice, and that will match the overall style and design of your Internet site, so the pages shall not seem like they aren't part of your website at all. You may use this option for numerous errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Shared Web Hosting

If you buy a Linux shared web hosting from us, you'll be able to set custom made error pages for your Internet sites fast and easy, as this feature is part of all our plans. The moment you have created the files and uploaded them to your hosting account, you should check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and click on the Edit button for the selected domain or subdomain. Inside the pop-up which will be displayed, you will see drop-down menus for all four kinds of errors and for each of them you may choose an Apache default page, a generic page from our system or a custom page. Should you pick the third option, you should just type the URL to the file which you have uploaded and save the change. A different way to set custom made error pages is to set up an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder and to include several lines of program code in it. If you do not have preceding experience or if you are simply unsure how to do this, you could just copy/paste the code from our Knowledge Base article on that subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we supply support customized error pages and it will not take more than several clicks in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel to use this functionality. The option can be found in the Hosted Domains section of your CP where you'll have to enter the links to the custom-made files via simple drop-down menus and a time and effort saving interface. Needless to say, you need to upload them in your account before that. In case you don't need to use this feature at some point, you could deactivate it just as easily and choose an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be viewable whenever your visitors encounter an error. If you prefer, you may also use an .htaccess file to permit the customized error pages. The file should have a particular line of code as well as a link for each error type and you may discover an example of the whole content for all four error types in our Help section.