If a specific page on a site does not load for some reason or if a link is not working, the visitor will see an error page with a generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, which could make the visitor leave your website. A likely solution in such a case is a feature offered by some website hosting companies - the ability to set up your own customized error pages that shall have identical design as your Internet site and that could contain any images or text that you'd like dependent upon the specific error. There are four standard errors which may take place and they involve these so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your Internet browser sends a bad request to the hosting server and it can't be processed; 401, if you're supposed to log in to see a page, but you have not done so yet; 403, if you don't have an authorization to see a specific page; and 404, when a link which you've clicked leads to a file that does not exist. In any of these cases, site visitors shall be able to see your customized content instead of a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Shared Web Hosting

You'll be able to set up custom made error pages for any of your sites easily when you use any of our shared web hosting. This can easily be done via the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts and when you go there, you could set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account before you start and input the links to them through the process. This function can be de-activated anytime 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. Tailor-made error pages may be set with an .htaccess file too. 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 may copy the whole content needed for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Including your own pages for each of the four error types to any Internet site hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account with us shall be very simple and won't take more than a few mouse clicks. Once you upload the files to your account, you could navigate to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel and edit each of the domains and subdomains listed there via an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You may select what page should display for every single error type. The options are a standard Apache server page or a page from our system, and custom made pages. If you choose the aforementioned option, you will need to input the link to each and every page in your account, then save the change. The link or the type of page which will be displayed when a user encounters an error can be modified whenever you want. If you are more experienced, you may use an .htaccess file to set tailor-made error pages too, as an alternative to using our integrated generator instrument, and in case you choose this option, the file should be located in the root directory of a specific domain or subdomain.