Each time a page on your site doesn't load, an error message shall be displayed to the site visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that will appear, but what's standard for all of them is that they're generic and most likely shall have absolutely nothing in common with the design of your website, which can be frustrating for any site visitor. This is the reason why web hosting service providers have introduced a function known as Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, website visitors will see your customized content, which may be informative or amusing, in accordance with your preference, and that will match the overall layout of your website, so the pages shall not look like they are not part of your site at all. You can use this option for a number of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting
You can set up custom error pages for each of your Internet sites without difficulty if you use any of our cloud website hosting. This can easily be done through the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, offered with all accounts and when you go there, you can set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You should upload the files to your account ahead of time and enter the links to them during the process. This function may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to select from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Tailor-made error pages can be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be placed in the domain or subdomain folder and it should include some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you can copy the entire content needed for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All of our Linux semi-dedicated packages support customized error pages, so you'll be able to employ this feature for any domain or subdomain hosted in your account. All it will take to do this is to navigate to the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, to click the Edit button related to the specific domain/subdomain and then to input the link to the custom file. You'll be able to do this independently for each error type. You will be able to switch back to a default error page anytime if required and the change will take effect instantly. An alternative way to get the very same result is to place an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder associated with the web site which you want to change and to enter a couple of lines of program code within it. If you'd like to try this method, you could copy and paste the necessary code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, thus you'll not need any coding skills or previous experience.