When a page on your site doesn't load, an error message will be shown to the website visitor. Because there are different errors, there are different pages that'll appear, but what is standard for all of them is that they are generic and most likely will have absolutely nothing that resembles the layout of your site, which could be annoying for any visitor. That is the reason why hosting providers have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a variety of different errors, website visitors shall see your custom made content, which may be informative or humorous, in accordance with your personal preference, and that will match the style and design of your site, so the pages won't appear as if they're not part of your website at all. You can use this option for numerous errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Web Hosting

The personalized error pages feature is available with every cloud web hosting package deal which we offer and you will be able to replace all the generic pages with your own with no more than a few clicks in your Hepsia website hosting CP. You will have to create the actual files and to upload them to your account, then to set them for a specific domain or subdomain using the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel. You could do this for every web site hosted in the account separately, so that every set of customized pages shall have identical style and design as the site it's part of. When necessary, you may always return back to a default page from our system or to a default Apache server page. An alternate way to set customized error pages is to create an .htaccess file in the domain/subdomain root folder and to add a few lines in it. If you haven't done this before, you could simply copy the needed code from our Help article on the subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All our semi-dedicated hosting support customized error pages, so you'll be able to use this function for each domain or subdomain hosted in your account. All it takes to do this is to navigate to the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, to click the Edit button related to the particular domain/subdomain and to type the link to the custom-made file. You can do this independently for every error type. You will be able to switch back to a default error page at any time if required and the change will take effect instantly. Another way to get the very same result is to put an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder of the web site that you would like to edit and to type in several lines of code within it. If you would like to try this method, you could copy and paste the needed code from our Knowledge Base article on custom error pages, which means that you'll not need any coding skills or prior experience.