If a specific page on a website does not load for some reason or in case a link is not functioning, the site visitor will see an error page with some generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the website, which may make the visitor leave the site. A likely solution in such a case is a feature offered by some web hosting providers - the option to set up your own custom-made error pages that will have identical design and style as your Internet site and that may contain any text or images which you want based on the specific error. There are 4 standard errors that may occur and they involve the following so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your Internet 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 webpage, but you have not done so yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to see a certain page; and 404, in case a link that you've clicked leads to a file that does not exist. In any of these scenarios, website visitors will be able to see your personalized content as opposed to a generic error page.
Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting
You can set up personalized error pages for all of your websites with ease when you use any of our Linux shared hosting. This can easily be done from the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you can set your personalized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account ahead of time and enter the links to them through the process. This feature may be de-activated at any time and the options you'll be able to select from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache server page. Tailor-made error pages may be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it should incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you can copy the whole content necessary for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to set customized error pages for any of them easily using our in-house created Hepsia hosting CP. With just a couple of mouse clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you could edit the default setting from a system page to a custom one for each of the 4 error types. All you need to do is supply a link to each file you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If required, you'll be able to revert this change whenever you want and in exactly the same way. If you prefer, you can use an .htaccess file as well. It must be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder associated with the website whose error pages you intend to change and the content for this type of file can be found in our Help article about this matter.