The design of 404 error pages is often overlooked and underestimated. However, designed carefully, these pages can make a random visitor stay on your website, take a look around and eventually find the information he or she was looking for in the first place. Effective 404 error pages communicate why a particular page couldn’t be displayed and what users can do next. A search box and list of useful resources (possibly related to the missing page) could be helpful in this case.
The design of 404 error pages is often overlooked and underestimated. However, designed carefully, these pages can make a random visitor stay on your website, take a look around and eventually find the information he or she was looking for in the first place. Effective 404 error pages communicate why a particular page couldn’t be displayed and what users can do next. A search box and list of useful resources (possibly related to the missing page) could be helpful in this case.
Most Creative and Fantastic Error 404 Pages
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While compiling this list, it’s always a possibility that we missed some other Great 404 Error Page. Feel free to share it with us in Comments.
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J. Hendrix
Some very funny ones!
Thanks for sharing.
Wajid Khan
Yes some are creative design and some are so funny. Thanks.
Stu Greenham
Great post! I will definatley be sharing this link on my next ‘links of the week’ post on http://designwoop.com
Mushroom Digital
Excellent pages. The twitter one sort of inspired ours. http://www.mushroomdigital.co.uk/404
Wajid Khan
I have add your 404 error page in our collection.Thanks
hibiscusjaune
#3 is self explanatory but the #4 is surely the best (You like our 404 page). One of the best 404 pages, congrats!
Brian Parks
Love all those pages.
Thought I would throw mine in the ring.
http://creativewhirlwind.com/404/
Vicky
Ha ha! That is great!
Torsten
Very nice examples.
Maybe an addition to your compilation: http://bit.ly/caTmEO (Feed the fishies!)
Igor Ivankovic
OMG love some of them! Especially lost in space. Great work! Thank God my links aren’t broke!
Kit
Loving the royal 404 one, amongst others. Great post.
http://www.harmony.co.uk/404/
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Erik Ford
Some of these are just hilarious! When we were planning out our site, we wanted to make the 404 page a location of humor but just couldn’t think of something that was clever enough.
http://www.wearepixel8.com/404
As we are now planning our redesign for Summer 2010, this is something we will be spending some time on because we want every portion of our website to be a reflection on who we are.
DJ
I had so much fun looking at the 404 pages. Unique post and lots of fun. Now I’m inspired to work on my own 404.
Schalk
Great list, although I can’t believe the mother of 404’s aren’t here -> 4chan
shoaib hussain
This is just awesome,even my rats were nuts after looking at these hilarious pages.thnx a lot ,m planning to redesign my blog.
Eric
Tossin mine out there as well http://www.expansionbroadcast.com/404
Martin Talavášek
We tried to make something too…
http://www.pixmac.com/404 and F5… F5… F5…
Oleg
Nice List! This is my 4040 Error page: http://xtraboy.com/404
Brad_Strickland
Very Nice List. Lots of variety.
Grafika-M
Great post!
Thanks!
Look at my 404 page! http://grafika-m.su/404
Betty Rudas
I had seen some other example of eror page 404, but none has so many and with a lot of inspiration as this
graet job
Betty
Thomas Craig Consulting
Very nice collection, something that probably gets overlooked, this is also inspiration to correct my own work.
Tom
Very Nice. Here’s mine:
http://www.printinator.com/404error.html
Esteban
I loved the idea of create my own 404 page, and I made a game about it
http://www.wildharmonystudio.com/404.php
hope you like it