If a particular page on a website doesn't load for some reason or if a link is broken, the website visitor shall see an error page with a generic message. The page will have nothing in common with the rest of the website, that can make the visitor leave the site. A possible solution in cases like this is a function offered by some web hosting companies - the option to set your own personalized error pages which will have identical design as your site and that may contain any text or images that you'd like dependent upon the specific error. There are 4 common errors which can occur and they involve these particular so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your world-wide web browser sends a bad request to the web server and it can't be processed; 401, in case you are supposed to log in to see some page, but you haven't done this yet; 403, if you don't have an authorization to view a particular page; and 404, in case a link which you have clicked leads to a file which does not exist. In each of these situations, site visitors will be able to see your customized content as opposed to a generic error page.
Custom Error Pages in Cloud Hosting
You can set up custom error pages for any of your Internet sites without difficulty if you use any of our Linux cloud hosting. This can easily be done from the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you could set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account in advance and enter the links to them during the process. This function can be de-activated at any time and the options you'll be able to choose from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Custom made error pages can be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be placed in the domain or subdomain folder and it must incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you aren't tech-savvy, you may copy the entire content required for the file from our Help section.
Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your web sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you may set personalized error pages for each of them easily using our in-house developed Hepsia hosting CP. With a couple of clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you'll be able to change the default setting from a system page to a tailor-made one for each of the four error types. All you should do is supply a link to each file which you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If required, you'll be able to revert this change at any time and in exactly the same way. If you want, you could use an .htaccess file too. It should be created/uploaded inside the domain or subdomain folder linked to the site whose error pages you would like to modify and the content for this kind of file can be found in our Help article about this matter.