Each time a page on your Internet site does not load, an error message will be displayed to the website visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that'll appear, but what's standard for all of them is that they are generic and probably will have absolutely nothing in common with the design of your Internet site, which could be frustrating for any website visitor. This is the primary reason why web hosting providers have introduced a function named Custom Error Pages. For a wide variety of different errors, site visitors shall see your customized content, which may be informative or witty, depending on your personal preference, and that will match the design and style of your Internet site, so the pages shall not appear as if they are not part of your Internet site at all. You can use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Hosting

You'll be able to set up customized error pages for all of your Internet sites effortlessly if you use any of our hosting. This could be done using the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all accounts as soon as you go there, you can set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account ahead of time and input the links to them through the process. This feature may be de-activated at any time and the options you shall be able to to select from are a conventional 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 should incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you could copy the entire content you'll need for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

All of our semi-dedicated servers support customized error pages, so you'll be able to use this function for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your account. All it takes to do that is to visit the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, to click on the Edit button associated with the particular domain/subdomain and then to type in the link to the custom file. You'll be able to do this independently for each error type. You'll be able to switch back to a generic error page at any time if needed and the change shall take effect at once. An alternative way to achieve the very same result is to place an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder associated with the website that you would like to edit and to input a few lines of program code inside it. If you'd like to try this method, you can copy and paste the necessary code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, so you won't need any coding skills or previous experience.