When a page on your Internet site doesn't load, an error message shall be displayed to the visitor. As there are different errors, there are different pages that will show up, but what is typical for all of them is that they are generic and almost certainly shall have absolutely nothing in common with the layout of your website, which could be irritating for any website visitor. That is the reason why website hosting companies have introduced a feature known as Custom Error Pages. For a range of different errors, website visitors will see your custom made content, which can be informative or witty, based on your taste, and that will match the design of your Internet site, so the pages will not appear as if they are not part of your Internet site at all. You could use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting
You will be able to set up custom error pages for any of your domains or subdomains. The function is supported by all cloud website hosting solutions which we offer, so once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel and visit the Hosted Domains section, you can click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up which will appear, you could choose the kind of error page that should show up - a default one from our system, a standard Apache web server page or a personalized one. For the aforementioned option, you'll have to specify the URL to the page, so when you use customized pages, you have to upload the files in your web hosting account first. One other way is to use an .htaccess file placed in the domain or subdomain folder with a line for each error type. The precise syntax can be located in our Knowledge Base, so you can use this feature even if you don't have any previous experience.