An error log is a listing of the error messages and warnings which appeared for one reason or another while your visitors were looking through your website. This kind of a log provides raw info about the way the server has handled requests a number of situations. An error message could appear if, for example, a link leads to a site or a file that isn't on the web server, if the code on a certain page cannot be processed, if any individual is trying to access the website or its back office through an IP address which is blocked by an .htaccess rule and so on. The data inside the error log includes the IP address of the visitor, what error message displayed and the basis for the web server to show it, the whole path to the file which caused the error and the specific time of the event. Having this information will enable you to find out if any part of your website has an issue, which you can then resolve. Consequently, your site visitors will have a better experience and you'll supercharge the site for optimum performance.

Error Log Viewer in Web Hosting

You can activate the generation of error logs effortlessly if you buy a web hosting solution from us. A complete section within the Hepsia Control Panel, offered with the accounts, is dedicated to the logs and switching on this feature requires literally only a click. When you go to this section, you'll see all the hosts you have inside the account, including your domains and subdomains, including those that you may have created to test an Internet site prior to it going live. You simply need to press the On button for the ones you want to be closely watched by our system and it shall start generating error logs right away. To switch off the function, you will simply have to click the same button once again. Any error log can be downloaded and saved to your PC anytime, even when you have turned off the feature.

Error Log Viewer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Activating the generation of error logs for any of your sites shall be rather simple if you are using a semi-dedicated server account on our cutting-edge website hosting platform. This requires a single click within the Access/Error Logs section of our in-house built Hepsia CP, included with the semi-dedicated accounts, so you don't have to have any previous experience with a hosting service. Our system will start gathering the raw data quickly and you can save it to your laptop or computer by clicking on the Download button, that is located in the same exact section of the Control Panel. If you need to use human-readable charts and prepare performance reports, you may process the downloaded files with some software on your computer system. The error log generation can be deactivated just as fast if you no longer require reports for your Internet sites.