If a certain page on an Internet site does not load for some reason or if a link is broken, the website visitor shall see an error page with some generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the website, which can make the visitor leave your website. A likely solution in cases like this is a feature made available from some website hosting service providers - the option to set up your own custom-made error pages that will have identical layout as your site and which could contain any images or text that you'd like dependent upon the particular error. There are four standard errors which could 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 cannot be processed; 401, in case you are supposed to log in to see some web page, but you have not done this yet; 403, if you don't have an authorization to see a particular page; and 404, in case a link which you've clicked leads to a file that does not exist. In each of these cases, site visitors will be able to see your customized content as opposed to a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Shared Web Hosting

You shall be able to set up personalized error pages for each of your domains or subdomains. The feature is supported by all shared web hosting package that we offer, so as soon as you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel and visit the Hosted Domains section, you can click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up that"ll be displayed, you could pick the kind of error page that should appear - a default one from our system, a typical Apache server page or a custom one. For the latter alternative, you have to assign the URL to the page, so when you use personalized pages, you must upload the files in your web hosting account first. Another way is to use an .htaccess file placed inside the domain or subdomain folder with a line for each error type. The exact syntax can be found in our Knowledge Base, to help you use this feature even if you don't have any previous experience.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you can set customized error pages for each of them effortlessly via our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With just a couple of clicks inside the Hosted Domains section, you'll be able to change the default setting from a system page to a custom made one for any of the four error types. All you need to do is supply a link to every file you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If needed, you shall be able to revert this modification anytime and in exactly the same way. If you would like, you can use an .htaccess file as well. It has to be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder associated with the website whose error pages you want to modify and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article about this matter.