When a page on your Internet site doesn't load, an error message shall be shown to the visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages that'll display, but what's typical for all of them is that they are generic and almost certainly shall have practically nothing that resembles the layout of your Internet site, which may be aggravating for any site visitor. That is the primary reason why website hosting companies have introduced a function referred to as Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, visitors will see your custom made content, which may be informative or humorous, in accordance with your preference, and that will match the style and design of your Internet site, so the pages will not appear as if they are not part of your 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 Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to set up personalized error pages for any of your websites effortlessly if you use any of our shared website hosting. This can easily be done from the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts and once you go there, you'll be able to set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You must upload the files to your account beforehand and enter the links to them during the process. This function could be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to choose from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache server page. Personalized error pages may be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put 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 could copy the entire content necessary for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated servers support tailor-made error pages, so you will be able to use this feature for each domain or subdomain hosted in your account. All it will take to do that is to visit the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, to click on the Edit button related to the given domain/subdomain and to type in the link to the custom-made file. You can do this separately for each and every error type. You shall be able to switch back to a standard error page at any time if required and the change will take effect immediately. A different way to achieve the exact same result is to place an .htaccess file inside the domain or subdomain folder related to the site which you would like to change and to input several lines of code in it. If you'd like to try this method, you can copy and paste the necessary code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, which means that you won't need any computer programming skills or previous experience.