Some times when you enter the URL of a web page you do not get the web page you want but you see an error page displayed on the screen. This error is due to some of the problems such as you have entered a wrong URL, an outdated URL or you do not have an authorized access to the web page. If you to have a web site then you will have to create custom error pages to display when a user enters a wrong URL, an outdated URL or when the user is not authorized to access a specific page of your website on the web space provided to you. For this purpose you will need different types of tools. Below are some of the error types and the tools to create the error pages for the same.Following five types of errors are included in the error pages:-
1) 400 (Bad Request)
2) 401 (Authorization required)
3) 403 (Forbidden)
4) 404 (Wrong page)
5) 500 (Internal server error)
You can click on the error page number (400, 401, 403, 404, 500) to customize the web page or you can also enter the error page name (Bad Request, Authorization required, Forbidden, Wrong page, Internal server error)
You will have the following seven tags available when the error page loads:-
1) Referring URL: – Displays the URL of the website the user was previously viewing.
2) Visitor’s IP address: – Displays the IP address of the visitor viewing the error page.
3) Requested URL: – Displays the intended url the visitor is trying to view.
5) Server name: – Displays the web site’s server name.
6) Visitor’s browser: – Displays the visitor’s browser type such as IE, FireFox, Netscape, etc.
7) Redirect Status Code: – This displays the type of code in the 300-307 range.
Hope this helps you to create an error page for your web site.
