404 Toons Adds Fun To 404 Error Pages

Martin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:31:43 +0000

If you are a webmaster you will eventually stumble upon users in the access logs that tried to access pages on the website that do not exist. These visitors are presented with a 404 error page that can be customized by scripts but also simple html. It could for example point the visitors to the homepage, display a search form so that they can perform a search to find the content they are looking for or display the most popular and recent posts on that page.

Another option is to make use of a service called 404 toons which is basically a custom 404 error page that is displaying an animation that is talking to the lost user and provides a link back to the homepage of the website. It is probably a good idea to display some of the characters that can be displayed to the visitors.

A selection of characters are available ranging from a Mafia dude, policeman to a secret agent and an alien. Some characters offer multiple animations. It might be a good idea to check out the page listing all available characters on the 404 Toons website. All characters can be downloaded in one package from the website.

The developers are also offering custom characters and a professional voice recording service on their website. This is not only available for 404 error pages but also other purposes like instructions on a website.

You might also be interested in our best of 404 error pages which contains screenshots of some great 404 error pages.

Tags: 404, 404 error, 404 error pages, custom 404, custom error page, webmaster

404 Error Page Best Of

Martin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:07:25 +0000

Following a link or entering an url manually can have two results in the web browser. A website is loaded or an error message is shown. One of the most dreaded error messages of them all is the 404 error page not found.

Website owners can leave it at that or create their own custom 404 error page to provide the user with solutions or to further humiliate him. Really depends on the type of site that you are visiting. Long time reader Daniel collected four interesting best of 404 error lists on the Internet on his (Swedish) Bloggliv blog. He is also giving away three Hypersnap 6 licenses if you are keen to win that software.

The four best of lists that he links to contain a total of 245 404 error pages. Many pretty funny, some stylish and more than a few plain evil. Want some examples? Here we go:

To view them all follow this, this, that or this link.

That reminds me that I have to create a custom 404 error page for Ghacks..

Tags: 404, 404 error, Entertainment, error, Funny, geeks, nerds

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