Each time a page on your website does not load, an error message will be shown to the site visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages which will display, but what is standard for all of them is that they are generic and almost certainly shall have nothing that resembles the layout of your Internet site, which can be annoying for any website visitor. This is the main reason why web hosting service providers have introduced a feature called Custom Error Pages. For a wide variety of different errors, website visitors shall see your unique content, which can be informative or humorous, depending on your personal preference, and which shall match the overall design of your site, so the pages won't look like they're not part of your Internet site at all. You may use this option for a number of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting

If you get a shared hosting plan from our company, you will be able to set customized error pages for your websites easily and quickly, because this function is a part of all of our solutions. The moment you have created the files and uploaded them to your website hosting account, you can check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and click on the Edit button for the specific domain or subdomain. In the pop-up which will appear, you will see drop-down menus for all four kinds of errors and for each one of them you may choose an Apache default page, a generic page from our system or a personalized page. Should you choose the 3rd option, you should only type the URL to the file you have uploaded and save the change. One other way to set personalized error pages is to set up an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder and to add a few lines of program code in it. If you do not have previous experience or if you are simply uncertain how to do that, you can just copy/paste the code from our Knowledge Base article on that subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

Incorporating your pages for any of the 4 error types to any web site hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account with us will be really easy and won't take more than several mouse clicks. When you upload the files in your account, you can check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel and edit each of the domains and subdomains listed there through an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You could select what page should show up for every error type. The alternatives are a default Apache server page or a page from our system, and tailor-made pages. If you pick the last option, you have to type the link to every single page inside your account, then save the change. The link or the kind of page which will appear when a user encounters an error can be changed anytime. In case you’re more experienced, you may use an .htaccess file to set custom error pages as well, instead of using our integrated generator tool, and in case you pick this option, the file should be placed in the root directory of a given domain or subdomain.