Whenever a page on your website doesn't load, an error message shall be shown to the website visitor. Since there are different errors, there are different pages that'll show up, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and almost certainly will have nothing that is similar to the design of your Internet site, which may be aggravating for any visitor. This is the main reason why website hosting providers have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a number of different errors, website visitors shall see your unique content, which may be informative or amusing, depending on your personal preference, and that will match the overall style and design of your site, so the pages won't appear as if they aren't 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 Cloud Website Hosting
You'll be able to set up custom error pages for each of your sites effortlessly if you use any of our cloud website hosting packages. This could be done via the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts and when you go there, you can set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You need to upload the files to your account in advance and input the links to them through the process. This feature may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to select from are a standard page from our system or a default Apache server page. Tailor-made error pages could be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be placed in the domain or subdomain folder and it should 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 Hosting
Incorporating your own pages for each of the 4 error types to any site hosted in a semi-dedicated server account with us shall be very basic and will not take more than a few clicks. When you upload the files to your account, you could check out the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and edit any of the domains and subdomains listed there via an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You can pick what page should display for each and every error type. The choices are a default Apache server page or a page from our system, and tailor-made pages. In case you choose the last option, you will need to input the link to every single page in your account, then save the change. The link or the kind of page which appears if a user encounters an error can be modified at any time. If you're more experienced, you can use an .htaccess file to be able to set custom error pages as well, rather than using our integrated generator software instrument, and should you choose this option, the file must be located inside the root directory of a particular domain or subdomain.