If a specific page on a site does not load for some reason or in case a link is broken, the site visitor will see an error page with some generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, which can make the visitor leave the site. A potential solution in this case is a function made available from some hosting providers - the ability to set up your own customized error pages which shall have the same design and style as your Internet site and that could contain any text or images that you'd like depending on the particular error. There are 4 popular errors that could occur and they involve the following so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your Internet browser sends a bad request to the web server and it cannot be processed; 401, if you're supposed to log in to see some web page, but you haven't done so yet; 403, if you do not have a permission to see a particular page; and 404, in case a link that you have clicked leads to a file which doesn't exist. In each of these cases, visitors will be able to see your customized content as opposed to a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Web Hosting

You will be able to set up custom error pages for any of your Internet sites effortlessly when you use any of our Linux web hosting packages. This could be done using 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 have to upload the files to your account ahead of time and input the links to them during the process. This function can be de-activated at any time and the options you'll be able to pick from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Personalized error pages can be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be placed in the domain or subdomain folder and it must incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you can copy the whole content you'll need for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All Linux semi-dedicated packages that we supply support custom error pages and it will not take more than a few clicks from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel to use this feature. The option is available in the Hosted Domains section of your Control Panel where you'll need to input the links to the custom-made files through very simple drop-down menus and an easy to work with interface. Needless to say, you should upload them in your account before that. In case you do not want to employ this feature at some point, you will be able to disable it just as easily and select an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be shown when your visitors encounter an error. If you'd like to, you may also use an .htaccess file to activate the customized error pages. The file has to include a specific line of code plus a link for every error type and you can easily find an example of the entire content for all four error types in our Help section.