If a page on your website does not load, an error message will be shown to the site visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that'll display, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and most likely shall have practically nothing in common with the layout of your Internet site, which can be irritating for any website visitor. That is the main reason why website hosting service providers have introduced a feature named Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, website visitors shall see your customized content, which could be informative or funny, based on your preference, and that will match the overall design and style of your site, so the pages shall not appear as if they aren't part of your site at all. You could use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Web Hosting

If you purchase a Linux cloud web hosting package from us, you will be able to set customized error pages for your websites easily and quickly, because this function is part of all our solutions. Once you've created the files and uploaded them to your web hosting account, you should check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel and click on the Edit button for the specific domain or subdomain. Inside the pop-up that will show up, you'll see drop-down options menus for all 4 types of errors and for each of them you may choose an Apache default page, a generic page from our system or a custom page. If you choose the 3rd option, you should simply enter the URL to the file you have uploaded then save the change. Another way to set customized error pages is to create an .htaccess file inside the domain or subdomain folder and to include a few lines of code in it. If you do not have preceding experience or if you're simply not sure how to do this, you may just copy and paste the code from our Knowledge Base article on that matter.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to set tailor-made error pages for any of them with ease using our in-house made Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With just a couple of mouse clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you can edit the default setting from a system page to a custom one for any of the four error types. All you have to 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 at any time and in exactly the same way. If you wish, you could use an .htaccess file as well. It should be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder associated with the internet site whose error pages you intend to modify and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article for this matter.