When a page on your Internet site doesn't load, an error message shall be shown to the visitor. Since there are different errors, there are different pages that'll display, but what is typical for all of them is that they are generic and most likely shall have practically nothing that resembles the design of your site, which may be aggravating for any site visitor. This is the reason why website hosting companies have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a number of different errors, site visitors shall see your custom content, which may be informative or amusing, in accordance with your preference, and that will match the overall design and style of your site, so the pages will not look like they're not part of your Internet site at all. You may use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting
You'll be able to set up custom error pages for any of your sites with ease when you use any of our Linux shared hosting. This could be done through the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you'll be able to set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account beforehand and input the links to them through the process. This feature may be de-activated anytime and the options you'll be able to pick from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache server page. Customized error pages can be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it must contain some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you can copy the entire content needed for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can set customized error pages for any of them effortlessly via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With several clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you are able to modify the default setting from a system page to a tailor-made one for any of the 4 error types. All you need to do is provide a link to every file which you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If required, you will be able to revert this customization anytime and in exactly the same way. If you wish, you could use an .htaccess file too. It should be created/uploaded in the domain or subdomain folder belonging to the site whose error pages you would want to alter and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article on this matter.