404! Error Pages once used to be seen as the most unwanted page that any visitor would like to see, and therefore the designers did not give the required piece of attention to it.
But now with time designers have started understanding the importance of keeping a visitor busy and navigate him back to the website.
A properly designed and information studded 404 page can interest even a random visitor, which may become one of your religious follower. An error page effectively designed can communicate the next important step which a user need to take in order to find what is he looking for.
Below you will find a collection of many 404 pages that designers have designed out of their imagination. Few pages are contended with their objective, but others are filled with weird ideas and messages.
01. JackFig
02. RedTag
03. AteaseWeb
04. OnWired
05. Fotolia
06. Alt-Web
07. Huwshim
08. Twitter
09. ILoveTypography
10. Acromediainc
11. Technorati
12. Darrenhoyt
13. kottke
14. Bluedaniel
15. IBM
16. Suspendedanimations
17. Homestarrunner
18. Expansionbroadcast
19. Hootsuite
20. Samsung
21. D20srd
22. Tigerleisure
23. Solgilbert
24. Intermix
You missed a great one over at… http://tigerleisure.com/ghhghghj
Hi Stu, thanks for sharing such a great 404 page. I like it and have included the same in the list. Thanks again!
Great collection!
I found this one very funny. http://www.intermix.nl/404/ webcompany being geeky, like their code doesn’t work and also including a bit of mario =p
We had fun with our error pages.
Our 404 has a unicorn on a mountain.
http://www.infotech.com/hqtfghj
Because like a unicorn, your page can’t be found.
We also did a goat for 500 – technical difficulties errors (scape goat)
A dragon for 403 – invalid credentials
Great list and thanks for sharing. I designed a site recently that included a 404 design http://www.solgilbert.com/fjkdhskjfd
@Hans @Mark Thanks for suggesting such a nice 404 page. We really like it and have included the same in our list.
You forgot a good one on my website, learn to make a drink while you wait:
http://zero3computers.com/404.php