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

Custom Error Pages in Shared Hosting

You can set up personalized error pages for each of your websites effortlessly if you use any of our Linux shared hosting. This can be done using the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all accounts as soon as you go there, you could set your personalized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account before you start and enter the links to them through the process. This feature can be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to choose from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache server page. Customized error pages could be set with an .htaccess file too. The file should be put into the domain or subdomain folder and it should incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you're not tech-savvy, you may copy the whole content required for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

All Linux semi-dedicated servers which we supply support customized error pages and it shall not take more than several mouse clicks from 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 input the links to the custom-made files using very simple drop-down menus and a time and effort saving interface. Needless to say, you have to upload them to your account before that. If you do not want to use this function at some point, you will be able to disable it just as quickly and pick an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be shown when your visitors encounter an error. If you prefer, you may also use an .htaccess file to enable the personalized error pages. The file has to include a specific line of code plus a link for every single error type and you can discover an example of the entire content for all four error types in our Help section.