When a page on your Internet site does not load, an error message will be displayed to the site visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages which will show up, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and probably will have absolutely nothing that resembles the design of your website, which may be irritating for any visitor. That is the reason why web hosting providers have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a wide variety of different errors, website visitors will see your custom content, which can be informative or witty, based on your preference, and that will match the overall style and design of your Internet site, so the pages won't look like they aren't part of your site at all. You could use this option for a variety of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Web Hosting

The customized error pages feature is provided with every single cloud web hosting package which we offer and you'll be able to substitute all generic pages with your own with no more than a few clicks in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. You will need to produce the actual files and to upload them to your account, then to set them for a particular domain or subdomain using the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel. You could do this for each and every website hosted inside the account separately, so that each group of customized pages will have the same design and style as the Internet site it's part of. If required, you could always return back to a default page from our system or to the default Apache server page. An alternate way to set custom made error pages is to create an .htaccess file inside the domain/subdomain root folder and to add a few lines in it. If you have never done this before, you can simply copy the needed code from our Help article about the subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our Linux semi-dedicated servers support custom made error pages, so you will be able to use this feature for each domain or subdomain hosted inside your account. All it will take to do this is to visit the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, to click the Edit button linked to the specific domain/subdomain and to input the link to the custom-made file. You can do this individually for each error type. You'll be able to switch back to a standard error page at any time if required and the change shall take effect at once. An alternative way to get the same result is to set an .htaccess file inside the domain or subdomain folder of the Internet site which you would like to change and to enter several lines of code in it. If you'd like to try this method, you may copy and paste the necessary code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, hence you won't need any computer programming skills or previous experience.