Let’s face it, errors happen. It could be that a typo or missing page sends your users to a page that doesn’t exist, or perhaps your server is having issues. In any case, you have the option of creating custom pages that your server will display when that error happens. Each custom page you can edit is referred to by the error number. What are these error numbers and what do they mean? Look at http://htmlcenter.com/tutorials/tutorials.cfm/66/General/ to know more.

Probably the most common error is type 404, which just means that the user has tried to access a page that doesn’t exist on the server. If you’ve been using the Internet for more than a few days, you’ve probably seen this error before.

With cPanel, you can create custom pages to display a more friendly error message or to make that message match the style of your website. Just click on the number of the error that you want to create a custom error page for from the list in cPanel, then enter HTML code into...