If a particular page on a site doesn't load for some reason or if a link is broken, the visitor will see an error page with a generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, that could make the visitor leave your site. A possible solution in cases like this is a function made available from some website hosting providers - the ability to set your own custom error pages which shall have the exact same layout as your website and that could contain any text or images you want depending on the specific error. There are 4 standard errors that may occur and they involve these so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your web browser sends a bad request to the server and it can't be processed; 401, if you're supposed to log in to see a webpage, but you haven't done this yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to view 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 situations, website visitors will be able to see your custom content instead of a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Hosting

The customized error pages function is provided with every hosting package deal that we offer and you shall be able to substitute the generic pages with your own with no more than several mouse clicks inside your Hepsia hosting CP. You will need to develop the actual files and to upload them to your account, and then to set them for a particular domain or subdomain via the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP. You could do this for each web site hosted in the account individually, so that every set of custom made pages shall have the very same layout as the site it is part of. If necessary, you could always revert back to a default page from our system or to a default Apache server page. One other way to set personalized error pages is to create an .htaccess file in the domain/subdomain root folder and to include a few lines in it. If you have not done this before, you may simply copy the necessary code from our Help article on this subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you could set tailor-made error pages for each of them with ease using our in-house created Hepsia hosting CP. With a few clicks inside the Hosted Domains section, you can modify the default setting from a system page to a custom one for any of the four error types. All you have to do is supply a link to every single file which you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If necessary, you will be able to revert this modification anytime and in exactly the same way. If you wish, you could use an .htaccess file as well. It must be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder linked to the website whose error pages you intend to alter and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article on this matter.