If you have looked at lots of websites, you have probably encountered some error message every now and then. An error can occur if the server cannot process a request (Error 400), if you must log in to see some content and you haven't done so (Error 401), if you are not able to access a webpage (Error 403) or if a link leads to a file which isn't on the hosting server (Error 404). Encountering this kind of messages may often be annoying since the pages don't have anything in common with the actual Internet site. That’s why some website hosting service providers allow you to apply your own error pages that'll match the style of your own site and that can have any content which you want - info why the error has occurred, a suggestion how to proceed or even some humorous remark. This kind of feature will help you keep the visitor on the site regardless of the error and the reason for it.

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting

If you obtain a cloud website hosting from our company, you shall be able to set custom error pages for your websites quickly and easily, as this function is a part of all of our packages. As soon as you have created the files and uploaded them to your hosting account, you can go to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and click on the Edit button for the specific domain or subdomain. Inside the pop-up which will be displayed, you shall see drop-down options menus for all four sorts of errors and for each one of them you could select an Apache default page, a generic page from our system or a tailor-made page. If you choose the third option, you should simply type the URL to the file that you have uploaded and save the change. A different way to set customized error pages is to create an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder and to include a few lines of code in it. If you don't have prior experience or if you're just not sure how to do this, you may simply copy and paste the code from our Knowledge Base article on that subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

Including your own pages for each of the four error types to any website hosted in a semi-dedicated server account with us shall be very simple and shall not take more than a couple of clicks. As soon as you upload the files inside your account, you could go to the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia CP and edit each of the domains and subdomains listed there using an intuitive interface with drop-down navigation. You may pick what page should show up for each error type. Your choices are a standard Apache web server page or a page from our system, and custom made pages. In case you pick the last option, you need to enter the link to every page inside your account, then save the change. The link or the sort of page that will appear if a user encounters an error can be changed whenever you want. In case you are more experienced, you may use an .htaccess file to be able to set in-house made error pages as well, as an alternative to using our integrated generator instrument, and in case you pick this option, the file needs to be placed inside the root directory of a specific domain or subdomain.