Whenever a page on your website does not load, an error message will be shown to the visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that will appear, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and in all probability shall have absolutely nothing that is similar to the layout of your website, which may be annoying for any site visitor. That is the primary reason why web hosting companies have introduced a feature called Custom Error Pages. For a variety of different errors, site visitors shall see your unique content, which can be informative or amusing, based on your taste, and which shall match the overall layout of your site, so the pages won't seem like they are not part of your site at all. You may use this option for a variety of errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).

Custom Error Pages in Shared Website Hosting

You can set up custom made error pages for each of your websites effortlessly when you use any of our Linux shared website hosting. This could be done using the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia CP, offered with all accounts and once you go there, you could set your customized pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You have to upload the files to your account ahead of time and input the links to them during the process. This feature may be de-activated at any time and the options you will be able to pick from are a conventional page from our system or a default Apache web server page. Custom made error pages may be set with an .htaccess file as well. The file should be put in the domain or subdomain folder and it should incorporate some system code and links to the pages. If you are not tech-savvy, you may copy the entire content necessary for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans support custom made error pages, so you will be able to use this feature for each domain or subdomain hosted inside your account. All it takes to do that 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 in the link to the custom-made file. You can do this independently for each error type. You shall be able to switch back to a default error page at any time if needed and the change will take effect instantly. An alternative way to achieve the exact same result is to put an .htaccess file in the domain or subdomain folder associated with the web site that you'd like to edit and to type in several lines of program code inside 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, thus you will not need any computer programming skills or prior experience.