If a certain page on an Internet site doesn't load for some reason or if a link is broken, the site visitor shall see an error page with some generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the site, that may make the visitor leave your website. A solution in cases like this is a function offered by some website hosting providers - the ability to set up your own personalized error pages that will have identical design and style as your site and which can contain any text or images you want based on the specific error. There are 4 well-known errors that can take place and they involve these particular so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your web browser sends a bad request to the server and it cannot be processed; 401, if you are supposed to log in to see some page, but you haven't done this yet; 403, if you do not have an authorization to view a specific page; and 404, if a link which you have clicked leads to a file that does not exist. In any of these scenarios, site visitors will be able to see your custom content instead of a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Website Hosting

You'll be able to set up custom error pages for each of your sites effortlessly when you use any of our website hosting services. This could be done using the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts and once you go there, you could set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account before you start and input the links to them through the process. This function can be de-activated whenever you want and the options you shall be able to to pick from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache server page. Customized error pages can be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be put in the domain or subdomain folder and it should contain some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you could copy the entire content you'll need for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you may set custom made error pages for any of them effortlessly via our in-house developed Hepsia hosting CP. With a few clicks inside the Hosted Domains section, you are able to modify the default setting from a system page to a tailor-made one for each of the 4 error types. All you have to do is provide a link to every file which you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If needed, you shall be able to revert this customization at any time and in exactly the same way. If you'd like, you can use an .htaccess file as well. It has to be created/uploaded in the domain or subdomain folder associated with the website whose error pages you would want to change and the content for this sort of file can be found in our Help article for this matter.