If a specific page on a site doesn't load for some reason or if a link is not functioning, the website visitor will see an error page with a generic message. The page shall have nothing in common with the rest of the Internet site, which may make the visitor leave the site. A possible solution in cases like this is a feature made available from some website hosting providers - the ability to set your own customized error pages which shall have the exact same design and style as your website and which could contain any images or text which you want dependent upon the particular error. There are four popular errors which could take place and they involve the following so-called HTTP status codes - 400, when your world-wide web browser sends a bad request to the server and it cannot be processed; 401, if you are supposed to log in to see some page, but you have not done so yet; 403, if you don't have an authorization to view a specific page; and 404, in case a link which you've clicked leads to a file which does not exist. In all of these situations, site visitors will be able to see your customized content as opposed to a generic error page.

Custom Error Pages in Cloud Website Hosting

You shall be able to set up custom made error pages for all of your domains or subdomains. The feature is supported by all cloud website hosting solutions which we offer, so as soon as you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel and navigate to the Hosted Domains section, you may click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up that will show up, you may pick the sort of error page which should show up - a default one from our system, a conventional Apache server page or a personalized one. For the last mentioned alternative, you'll have to specify the URL to the page, so when you use customized pages, you should upload the files inside your Internet hosting account first. Another way is to use an .htaccess file placed inside the domain or subdomain folder with a line for every error type. The correct syntax can be seen in our Knowledge Base, so that you can use this feature even if you do not have any previous experience.