Creative 404 Error Pages Around for Inspiration
One field often neglected by web developers is the proper handling of 404 Errors – the pages that visitors get when they attempt to access a page or file on your site that doesn’t exist or has been moved. While it’s usually very easy to create a custom 404 page to offer your visitors a comfortable environment.
Nearly one in four of the top 1000 web sites in the U.S., including Yahoo and Google, have 404 error pages largely devoid of any helpful information. It’s very essential to customize your 404 error pages according to visitors convenience.
In this article below, we’ll take a look at Various Creative 404 Error Pages Around for your source of inspiration which help you to built your own custom error page.
What is 404 Error??
For a normal web page, the status is 200 OK. You don’t see this because the server proceeds to send you the contents of the page. It’s only when you encounter an error that you see the actual status code, such as 404 Not Found.
For those, who don’t know what is 404 Error? And how does it occur? Then please follow the link below for detailed introduction.
404 is an HTTP status code. Every time you visit a web page, your computer (the ‘client’) is requesting data from a server using HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Before the web page is even displayed in your browser, the web server has sent the HTTP header, which contains the status code. Not surprisingly, your browser has sent the server its own headers, which contain a lot more information about you than you think!
Why You Need a Custom 404 Page!
Sara P, a web developer form Australia wrote a quality write-up about Top 3 Reasons Why You Need a Custom 404 Page which goes something like this.
- To keep users engaged: A 404 page is typically for the readers or customers who is trying to look something in your site or blog. A custom 404 page nicely designed to navigate back to the previous page or showing related stuffs will please the users and may make them to come back to your site. This builds up your readership and keeps the user engaged and they stay more on your site or blog.
- To avoid losing trust: It is always possible that people end up with 404 error when page has be moved or removed or with broken links. I have seen lot of sites which doesn’t have a custom 404 page at all. Not all the users may understand the error and it will make the users to confuse. The users might consider it as a failure and they will lose trust on your site. A nice extensive custom 404 page will make them understand the problem easier.
- For a better design: A blog or site without custom 404 page is poorly designed and will have its implications. So it is a best practice for any site or blog to include a custom 404 error message without any arguments. Read how to design a good 404 page.
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Please feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts even if you have more reference links related to inspiration that our readers may like.
Creative 404 Error Pages Around for Inspiration
01. iStockphoto
02. Wefollow
03. Hornets247
04. Mixx
05. Fryewiles
06. Teetimes
07. Reddit
08. Clearspring
09. Wufoo
10. ItchyRobot
11. Deviantart
12. Coldink
13. Rockettheme
14. Mozilla
15. Sprawsm
16. Ferdaze
17. ChrisGlass
18. Habrahabr
19. YourWebJob
20. ProductPlanner
21. BrightKite
22. Youcastr
23. Propeller
24. Woothemes
25. Cuoma
26. Wulffmorgenthaler
27. Mundofox
28. ClubPenguin
29. Orangecoat
30. Huwshimi
31. Newspond
32. CSSRemix
33. justin.tv
34. Twitter
35. Acromediainc
36. Bluedaniel
37. Swiss-Miss
38. WhiteHouse
39. SuspendedAnimations
40. Slonky
41. Warhammeronline
42. Maxvoltar
43. Socialthing
44. Socializr
45. Jhuskisson
46. iLoveTypography
47. Rednoseday
48. Henrikhedegaard
49. D20srd
50. Cgcraft
51. Galiacho
52. Plinko
53. Meebo
54. Tix02
55. Kochatelier-berlin
56. Renkoo
57. Jimcromwell
58. Martinkorner
59. Jackfig
60. Teehanlax
61. Gog
62. Project-Euh
63. Homestarrunner
64. Jaiku
65. Thebignoob
66. Dundeeliving
67. Techkultura
68. Cacophony
69. Dazeofourlives
70. Digitalmash
71. Amorphia-Apparel
72. iFolderLinks
73. Tinsanity
74. Spore
75. Kidmondo
76. 24-7media
77. Lookitsme
78. Rubberducky
79. Southparkstudios
80. JustCreativeDesign
81. B3ta
82. Ook
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Find Something Missing?
While compiling this list, it’s always a possibility that we missed some other great 404 Error Pages. Feel free to share it with us.
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Well written and Impressively presented article. Highly Re-commanded
Nice round up… I like iStockphoto, Fryewiles, Mundofox & 24-7media the most out of all. thanks DKumar for your efforts.
Great 404 error pages. Thanks for collection
You can see more in my blog: http://tr.im/hxXc
Well, thes 404 error pages are very beautiful! But I think that they could be a little more helpful, maybe adding some informations and tips under the nice logo…
And let’s not forget about our hosts 404 here – http://www.instantshift.com/404.html It’s quite good itself.
Too funny that Jacob, from Just Creative Design, has a very similar message as ours at OnWired – http://onwired.com/404
Tony
@Tony Chester – nice catch about our 404 page… I left that on purpose
nice collection I also have my own 404 page ^^.
http://tinyurl.com/dg36gw
Cuoma (number 25) rocks!!!!
Thanks!
I have a kinda creative 404 page, I think: http://blog.dotmariusz.net/404
Why in the hell i stumble this article. reasons listed below.
1. I kinda like custom 404 pages concept.
2. it’s a space where you need to show your creativity on one single page.
3. This post comes in handy for 404 error page design lovers.
4. Now i’m also designing my 404 page from scratch.
404 pages always amuse me and you guys got very good collection here for inspiration.
thanks dkumar for your efforts.
Simply marvelous!!
feast full stuffed post. my favorite is #1, #5, #12, #27
Brilliant collection of 404 pages, i didn’t realise you can design these, so there are in keeping with your webdesign.
Check mine : http://corpsetaccords.fr/404.php !!!
you miss this two!
1. http://laranzjoe.blogspot.com/2009/03/todays-3.html
2. http://laranzjoe.blogspot.com/2009/02/todays-fact-there-are-only-18-countries.html
in both those pages see the today’s funny heading!
404 page : http://www.publicite-gratuite.fr/404
Anyone else notice that the link for #78 is dead and results in a 404 error…and not a customized one either.
Irony?
lawrence77 and Yopii, nice links
thanks
Thanks back!
Daniel Adams
Look at this one
http://404.syberplanet.net/
I keep meaning to customize the 404 page for one of my sites, but naturally I keep forgetting to do it. I’m inspired now though, and I think I’ll work on it when I get out from work!
Creative page
check out http://thewebmotel.com/404
Hi – here’s our MUSIC LESSONS 404: http://takelessons.com/error
Awesome collection, I also have my personal 404 not found.
http://www.digital-instruments.it/ita/404.php
There’s a great one here that uses a Mary Worth comic.
http://www.openendedadventure.com/404.html
Awesome collection you got here
Another Funny one
http://www.tatuarte.org/404.htm
wow these are really cool, I am going to create one for my own site now
You missed this one:
http://www.weirdworm.com/404
Great selection, better than the standard google web page or just dead link
thanks for sharing – I’ve recently just updated my own
http://blog.webdistortion.com/error404
I rally like 404 of reddit. even this is the best way for 404 pages.
Just added a 404 to my site: hhttp://damianherrington.co.uk/404.html
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