If a particular page on a site doesn't load for some reason or if a link is not functioning, the site visitor shall see an error page with some generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the website, that could make the visitor leave the site. A potential solution in such a case is a function offered by some website hosting service providers - the ability to set up your own custom error pages which will have exactly the same design as your site and that can contain any images or text that you'd like depending on the particular error. There are four popular errors which could occur and they involve the following so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your browser sends a bad request to the hosting server and it cannot be processed; 401, in case you are supposed to log in to see a web page, but you have not done this yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to view a specific page; and 404, if a link which you've clicked leads to a file which does not exist. In all of these cases, website visitors shall be able to see your custom content rather than a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Web Hosting

You'll be able to set up personalized error pages for all of your websites with ease if you use any of our web hosting service. This can easily be done using the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you'll be able to set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account beforehand and input the links to them during the process. This feature may be de-activated at any time and the options you shall be able to to pick from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache server page. Personalized 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 incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you could copy the whole content you'll need for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you could set tailor-made error pages for any of them with ease through our in-house created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With only several mouse clicks inside the Hosted Domains section, you are able to edit the default setting from a system page to a tailor-made one for any of the 4 error types. All you should do is supply a link to every single file you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If necessary, you will be able to revert this customization whenever you want and in exactly the same way. If you want, you may use an .htaccess file too. It should be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder belonging to the website whose error pages you would like to change and the content for this type of file can be found in our Help article on this matter.