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Brand Your WordPress Blog’s Database Error Page
- Updated On 23/04/2017
- Author : Pradeep Kumar
- Topic : Featured • WordPress
- Short URL : https://hellboundbloggers.com/?p=22711
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The hardest part for a blogger would be satisfying readers faced with downtime. You have to convince them in a manner they won’t get frustrated and also please them visit again.
Whenever your WordPress has a problem connecting to your database, you can display a custom database error page to your readers. You can make those pages branded so that your blog can still shine during that downtime.
Creating Custom WordPress Database Error Page
1. Open any Text Editor – Notepad or Notepad ++ (Check some alternatives here). Now it’s time to play with your creativity and imagination. Create a creative custom Database error page now, don’t forget to use your blog’s logo there and also some apologies for the downtime.
Also if you have a status blog, ask your readers to check that, so that they can know the cause of the downtime and when your blog will be up again.
2. Save that file as db-error.php.
3. Now move this file to your wp-content section. Use FTP Client like Filezilla (check alternatives here) for doing that.
Why wp-content folder? Even if you upgrade WordPress, the contents will be still present there.
4. That’s all, bingo! You can check HBB’s Custom Database Error page using this URL :
https://hellboundbloggers.com/wp-content/db-error.php
Most of us lose our blog readers because of downtime, you can also create a Status Blog for communicating with your readers during that downtime.
By Pradeep Kumar
CEO and Founder of Slashsquare, Indian Blog Network and Web Consulting Media. HBB is a part of Slashsquare Network. I'm a Tech Blogger, Striving Entrepreneur, Atheist, and Proud Indian. Catch me on Facebook and Twitter.
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Mani Viswanathan
This is a nice trick. But how exactly does it work ? I guess the file name db-error.php is the key here. Maybe there is some default WordPress function to catch this name during a db error isn't it ?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Hi Mani,
That was the simplest method to replace default database error page with custom one, but still not all the DB errors can effect. You can check this for more info :
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10883
And you can make it work for every error by this,
http://yoast.com/custom-wordpress-database-error-pages/
Vincent Raja
wow.. its really cool let me do for my blog 🙂
Satish
awesome dude, can we put a wallpaper here ? 😀
maneesh
Error page of your website is very very important.As if an error page encounters in front of a visitor ,it may leave the site if that error page doesn't have same look and some interesting information.
Thatswhy its very important to make your error page informative and interesting.
Kavya Hari
It's really good package 🙂 Thank you so much for given great post on here 🙂 Keep rocking 🙂
Aman Arora @ Hacking Forum
Surely gonna try this on my blog.
John Murphy
Interesting post that will prove invaluable in making sure an error page is not just the bland default. I've showcased on my scoop.it site
Rohit Batra
its a good alternative as showing branded errors can make users think that we know about the error and are fixing it…
sureshpeters @softwarebuzzer
super tutorial 😀 hehe….
Deepanshu
cool man.very intersting 😛
Pradeep Bhandari
Awesome…tweak gonna do it for my blog 😀 Thanks for sharing
Rohit Sane
There is a typo in the word "Administrator" on the DB-error.php page… 😛
S.Pradeep Kumar
Ha ha.. not that much perfect in English. 😀
DHARMESH BA@igurutalks
Nice option…May be we can add up our social media links to redirect people there ,that would be more awesome
Itachi Nguyen
Creating site's database error page is a brilliant idea. However, how do I know if the page shows up when the site is down?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Itachi, when your blog is down due to database issues, you won't get the default error page, you will get your custom error page. 🙂
You can use the normal web browser to check that.
Sidhant
Will the blog be redirected to the db-error page automatically in case of actual database error?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Yes Sidhant, it will be automatically redirected. 🙂
Sidhant
Okay, cool!:-)