If a certain page on an Internet site does not load for some reason or in case a link is broken, the site visitor will see an error page with a generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, which can make the visitor leave your Internet site. A solution in such a case is a function offered by some web hosting companies - the option to set up your own personalized error pages that will have the exact same style and design as your site and that could contain any text or images you want based on the particular error. There are 4 popular errors which could occur and they involve the following so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your world-wide web browser sends a bad request to the server and it cannot be processed; 401, in case you are supposed to log in to see some webpage, but you haven't done so yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to see a specific page; and 404, when a link which you have clicked leads to a file that does not exist. In any of these situations, visitors will be able to see your custom content instead of a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting

You'll be able to set up custom error pages for any of your websites effortlessly when you use any of our cloud website hosting. This can be done via the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia Control Panel, offered with all accounts and once you go there, you'll be able to set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You must upload the files to your account before you start and enter the links to them during the process. This feature may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to pick from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache server page. Custom made error pages could be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put in the domain or subdomain folder and it must include some system code and links to the pages. If you're 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

Incorporating your pages for any of the 4 error types to any site hosted from a semi-dedicated server account with us shall be very simple and won't take more than a few mouse clicks. After you upload the files inside your account, you could go to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and edit the domains and subdomains listed there via an intuitive interface with drop-down navigation. You could choose what page should display for each and every error type. The choices are a standard Apache web server page or a page from our system, and tailor-made pages. In case you choose the abovementioned option, you will need to input the link to each and every 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 modified whenever you want. If you're more experienced, you could use an .htaccess file to set in-house developed error pages too, instead of using our integrated generator tool, and in case you select this option, the file must be positioned in the root directory of a particular domain or subdomain.