If a certain page on a site doesn't load for some reason or if a link is not functioning, the website visitor shall see an error page with a generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the website, that may make the visitor leave the website. A solution in such a case is a feature made available from some hosting providers - the option to set your own custom-made error pages which shall have exactly the same design and style as your website and that can contain any text or images you want dependent upon the specific error. There are 4 standard errors which can occur and they involve these particular so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your Internet browser sends a bad request to the hosting server and it cannot be processed; 401, if you are supposed to log in to see a web page, but you haven't done so yet; 403, if you don't have a permission to see a specific page; and 404, when a link which you have clicked leads to a file which does not exist. In all of these cases, visitors will be able to see your custom made content instead of a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Web Hosting

You can set up custom error pages for all of your Internet sites with ease when you use any of our web hosting. This can be done through the Hosted Domains part of the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts as soon as you go there, you can set your custom made pages independently for any domain or subdomain. You should upload the files to your account in advance and enter the links to them during the process. This feature could be de-activated whenever you want and the options you'll be able to select from are a generic page from our system or a default Apache 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 should contain some system code and links to the pages. If you aren't tech-savvy, you could copy the whole content you'll need for the file from our Help section.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

All semi-dedicated servers that we provide support custom made error pages and it will not take more than a few mouse clicks inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel to use this feature. The option is included in the Hosted Domains section of your CP in which you will need to enter the links to the custom-made files via very simple drop-down menus and an easy to use interface. Needless to say, you need to upload them inside your account before that. If you don't want to use this feature at some point, you could disable it just as quickly and choose an Apache server page or a default page from our system to be shown if your visitors encounter an error. If you'd prefer, you can also use an .htaccess file to activate the custom made error pages. The file needs to include a particular line of code and a link for each and every error type and you may discover an example of the entire content for all four error types in our Help section.