Whenever a page on your website doesn't load, an error message will be shown to the site visitor. Since there are different errors, there are different pages which will display, but what is common for all of them is that they're generic and most likely will have absolutely nothing that resembles the design of your site, which may be irritating for any website visitor. That is the primary reason why hosting providers have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a variety of different errors, visitors shall see your custom made content, which can be informative or amusing, in accordance with your choice, and that will match the overall style and design of your Internet site, so the pages won't seem like they're not part of your Internet site at all. You can use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Cloud Hosting
You can set up custom error pages for all of your websites with ease if you use any of our cloud hosting plans. This could be done through the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, which comes with all accounts and when you go there, you could set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You should upload the files to your account before you start and enter the links to them during the process. This feature may be de-activated whenever you want and the options you shall be able to to pick from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Personalized error pages could be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it should contain some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you can copy the whole content necessary for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers
All of our semi-dedicated hosting plans support customized error pages, so you shall be able to use this feature for each and every domain or subdomain hosted in your account. All it takes to do that is to go to the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, to click the Edit button linked to the specific domain/subdomain and to enter the link to the custom file. You could do this independently for each and every error type. You'll be able to switch back to a standard error page at any time if required and the change shall take effect instantly. Another way to get the exact same result is to place an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder associated with the Internet site that you would like to edit and to enter several lines of code in it. If you need to try this method, you may copy and paste the required code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, hence you won't need any programming skills or prior experience.