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404 Not Found Error
It is one of the most recognizable error on the World Wide Web. As many of you have seen this. Today we are going to learn more about this error and discuss various reasons with the procedure that helps you to customize the error page.
What is 404 error?
404 Not Found is an standard HTTP response code. This error occurs when the page or content you are looking for is not available. This error message indicates that the request is not found on the server when browser communicates with it. This would be explained much when you would know about the reasons for showing 404 error. Now, let us discuss about the reasons in details.
Why 404 error occurs on any website?
- May be you have entered the wrong URL in the address bar or not have entered the correct path of the URL.
- The contents of the website, i.e images or contents have been permanently deleted or renamed. It can be possible that the URL has been changed.
- The connection to the server of the website is broken.
- The domain is not pinging towards the correct IP.
- The domain name for which you are looking for is no more available.
These are the possible reasons for the website that shows 404 error message. You should check each and every reason carefully. the identification of reason is going to be the solution. This is so because when you correctly find the reason of then only you would be able to fix it properly. Now, I'm going to discuss some solution for this error.
How to fix 404 error?
As I've already said that the only solution for any problem is finding the exact reason of the problem. When you get the reason then it would not be difficult for you to find the solution. So, let's check what can be done in order to fix this 404 error message.
There are various methods to fix this error. I'm explaining one by one.
Some of the solutions to resolve 404 error are given.
- Check the URL , by analyzing the spellings or the website name.
- May be the website owner has changed the path of the particular page you are looking for or the content has been deleted.
- Sometimes when we continuously searching fora similar thing then the data get stored in the cache memory. Because of which, even if you are entering the correct details it will respond negatively. So, this could be resolved by clearing the cache memory of the browser.
- To check if your website is not pinging towards the correct IP. To do the same, you can use following syntax with your domain name and check in command prompt.
Syntax: ping domainname.com or ping example.com
The above mentioned solutions are the one that can be fixed easily to resolve 404 error. But what if you are a website owner and you do not want this error to be faced by your visitor. Then you must have to do some modifications in your files so that your audience should have a better user experience. For the same I will discuss some methods that will help you to customize your 404 error page of the website.
How to customize 404 error page?
Method 1. By editing HTML code in Error Pages.
You can edit the error pages in cPanel and inform your visitors about the current situation of the website or they are have entered the wrong path by the below mentioned steps.
1. Login to cPanel.
2. Select Error Pages in Advanced section.
3. On the next page, follow step 1 and 2 as directed.
Step1- Select domain to manage Error Pages.
Step2- Edit Error Pages for: thinkfornew.ga
4. Select the error page that you want to edit, i.e 404 (Not Found).
5. Edit with any of your desired Statement. I will write: Oops! Page Not Found, then click over Save.
Now, you can check visit any URL related to your website and you will find the custom error page.
Method 2. By using redirection procedure
You can customize your 404 error page by doing modification inside File Manager section. Here, you can customize by using redirection procedure.
This is one of the best and simplest procedure to avoid 404 error page. Because this will redirect your visitor to the particular where you will redirect the error. You will understand the procedure in much detail when go through the below mentioned steps.
a. Go inside File Manager section in cPanel account.
b. Get inside the domain directory for which you want to customize error page.
c. Edit the file named .htaccess with the given code and then Save Changes.
Code: Error Document 404 https://example.com
Now, you can enter any URL related to your domain and you will be redirected to particular page, so as your visitor.
Hope this may resolve queries related to 404 error page. We will learn more about cPanel and its features.
Happy Reading!
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