Whenever a page on your site does not load, an error message shall be displayed to the site visitor. Since there are different errors, there are different pages that'll display, but what's common for all of them is that they are generic and most likely will have nothing that resembles the design of your site, which could be frustrating for any website visitor. That is the main reason why hosting service providers have introduced a feature named Custom Error Pages. For a number of different errors, site visitors will see your custom made content, which may be informative or funny, based on your personal preference, and that will match the design of your Internet site, so the pages won't seem like they aren't part of your site at all. You may use this option for many errors - 400 (Bad request), 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden) and 404 (File not Found).
Custom Error Pages in Shared Website Hosting
You will be able to set up custom made error pages for any of your domains or subdomains. The feature is supported by all shared website hosting package which we offer, so as soon as you log in to your Hepsia CP and visit the Hosted Domains section, you can easily click on the Edit button for a domain/subdomain and in the pop-up that will show up, you can pick the type 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 last mentioned alternative, you will need to specify the URL to the page, so when you use custom made pages, you need to upload the files inside your Internet hosting account first. Another way is to use an .htaccess file placed in the domain or subdomain folder with a line for each error type. The exact syntax can be located in our Knowledge Base, so that you can use this function even if you do not have any previous experience.