If you have looked at many sites, you've probably encountered some error message now and again. An error could take place when the server cannot process a request (Error 400), if you need to log in so as to see some content and you haven't done so (Error 401), if you are not able to access some webpage (Error 403) or when a link leads to a file which isn't on the hosting server (Error 404). Encountering this type of messages may sometimes be aggravating as the pages don't have anything in common with the actual site. That’s why some website hosting service providers allow you to apply your own error pages that will match the design of your own website and that can have any content that you'd like - details why the error has taken place, a suggestion what you can do or even some humorous remark. Such a feature can help you keep the visitor on the website whatever the error and the reason for it.

Custom Error Pages in Web Hosting

The custom made error pages function is provided with each and every web hosting package deal which we offer and you shall be able to substitute the generic pages with your own with no more than just a few clicks in your Hepsia hosting CP. You shall have to produce the actual files and to upload them to your account, then to set them for a particular domain or subdomain through the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel. You may do this for each Internet site hosted inside the account separately, so that each group of custom pages will have the very same design as the website it is part of. If necessary, you could always go back to a default page from our system or to a default Apache server page. Another way to set custom made error pages is to create an .htaccess file in the domain/subdomain root folder and to add a few lines in it. If you never done this before, you could simply copy the needed program code from our Help article about the subject.

Custom Error Pages in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you could set custom error pages for any of them with ease using our in-house created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With just a couple of mouse clicks in the Hosted Domains section, you are able to change the default setting from a system page to a tailor-made one for each of the 4 error types. All you should do is provide a link to every single file that you have uploaded before that and then save the change. If needed, you shall be able to revert this change at any time and in exactly the same way. If you would like, you may use an .htaccess file as well. It should be created/uploaded in the domain or subdomain folder linked to the website whose error pages you want to modify and the content for this type of file can be found in our Help article on this matter.