When a page on your Internet site does not load, an error message shall be shown to the website visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages that'll show up, but what's standard for all of them is that they're generic and probably will have practically nothing that is similar to the design of your site, which can be frustrating for any website visitor. This is the reason why website hosting service providers have introduced a feature named Custom Error Pages. For a variety of different errors, site visitors shall see your customized content, which may be informative or humorous, based on your preference, and which will match the design of your Internet site, so the pages shall not appear as if they aren't part of your Internet site at all. You may use this option for a number of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Shared Website Hosting
You'll be able to set up customized error pages for any of your websites without difficulty if you use any of our Linux shared website hosting. This can be done through the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, offered with all accounts and once you go there, you'll be able to set your personalized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account in advance and enter the links to them through the process. This feature may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you shall be able to to select from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache server page. Tailor-made error pages may be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it must include some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you can copy the entire content required for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Incorporating your pages for any of the four error types to any Internet site hosted from a semi-dedicated server account with us shall be very uncomplicated and shall not take more than a few mouse clicks. As soon as you upload the files inside your account, you can navigate to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel and edit each of the domains and subdomains listed there using an intuitive interface with drop-down menus. You could select what page should show up for each and every error type. Your options are a standard Apache web server page or a page from our system, and tailor-made pages. Should you select the abovementioned option, you will need to enter the link to every single page in your account, then save the change. The link or the kind of page which shows up when a user encounters an error can be modified at any time. If you are more experienced, you could use an .htaccess file so as to set personalized error pages as well, as opposed to using our integrated generator instrument, and should you pick this option, the file must be placed in the root directory of a given domain or subdomain.