If a particular page on a site doesn't load for some reason or in case a link is not working, the website visitor will see an error page with a generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, that may make the visitor leave the website. A likely solution in such a case is a function offered by some hosting service providers - the option to set your own personalized error pages which shall have identical style and design as your Internet site and which may contain any images or text that you would like depending on the particular error. There are four well-known errors which may occur and they involve these particular so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your web browser sends a bad request to the web server and it can't be processed; 401, if you are supposed to log in to see a page, but you have not done so yet; 403, if you do not have a permission to view a certain page; and 404, if a link which you have clicked leads to a file which doesn't exist. In any of these situations, site visitors will be able to see your customized content as opposed to a generic error page.
Custom Error Pages in Hosting
You can set up personalized error pages for all of your sites easily if you use any of our Linux hosting service. This can be done from the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts as soon as you go there, you could set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You must upload the files to your account in advance and input the links to them through the process. This function could be de-activated whenever you want and the options you will be able to choose from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Custom error pages can be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it must contain some system code and links to the pages. If you're 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 Servers
All of the semi-dedicated servers that we provide support customized error pages and it shall not take more than a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel to use this function. The option is included in the Hosted Domains section of your CP in which you will have to type in the links to the custom-made files using simple drop-down menus and an intuitive interface. Of course, you must upload them inside your account before that. In case you do not need to employ this feature at some point, you will be able to deactivate it just as fast and select an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be displayed whenever your visitors encounter an error. If you prefer, you can also use an .htaccess file to allow the customized error pages. The file has to have a specific line of code and a link for each error type and you may find an example of the entire content for all four error types in our Help section.