Web Site Hosting Features: Custom Error Messages

 

If a visitor's attempt to view a page on your website fails, the server will generate and send an error page, which is displayed in the visitor's browser. These default error pages are not terribly attractive—consisting of an error code and a cryptic description of what went wrong in unstyled HTML—but they are easy to replace with custom error handlers.

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Warning: If you are using FrontPage and have the extensions installed you will not be able to use these custom error messages as they share the same .htaccess file.

From the Control panel select the File Manager Icon. 

In the file name field enter .htaccess and press the Create/Edit file button:

File name    

Once the file has been created, repeat the exact same process to edit the file.

You will have a blank field and you'll need to cut and paste any of the following:

ErrorDocument 400 http://domain.com/badsyntax.htm
ErrorDocument 403 /forbidden.htm
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.domain.com/notfound.htm

Each line represents a specific error message that you can create a custom page for. Replace the bolded text with the path to your custom error page.

Some of the most common server error messages are as follows:

Error 400 Bad syntax
Error 401 Unauthorized
Error 402 Not Used (Payment Granted)
Error 403 Forbidden
Error 404 Not Found
Error 500 Internal Error
Error 501 Not Implemented
Error 502 Overloaded
Error 503 Gateway Timeout

You can create custom error messages for some or all error messages, it is up to you.

 

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