404 Error Pages

Error pages allow you to control what visitors see when they encounter these types of errors:

• 401  Unauthorized (the visitor does not have permission to view the file/directory)
• 403  Forbidden (access to the file/directory is not possible)
• 404  The file or directory is not found
• 500  An error occurred on the server

From the main control panel menu, click the "Error Pages" icon.  You will see a screen that looks like this:

By default, there are no error pages.  That is, 401.shtml, 403.shtml etc., do not exist.  The "View" link next to each file name allows you to see what a visitor sees when they encounter that type of error.

Changing the Error Pages

There are two ways to change the error pages.  

Method 1: From the Error Page menu, click the file name of the error page you want to edit.  A text box will appear, and you can paste your HTML code into that text box.

Method 2: Create the files yourself in any HTML editor and upload them to your public_html directory.  The files must have the .shtml extension.

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