35 Most Creative 404 Pages Around
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404 pages are a great way to enhance the experience of the website visitors. Yet, it is one of the most neglected part of a web page.
They are also a great way to build trust with your visitor, keep your visitor engaged and obviously, for a better design.
We have collected 30+ Creative 404 pages from around the web for your inspiration.
I hope you enjoyed this post! Please take a few moment to share some of your favorite 404 pages with us.
Update (14 Dec 2011): Mint got in touch with us with their new 404 page, worth checking out too!
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sogeking
I recently took up web design as a hobby and have learned a great deal in a short time, largely thanks to the resources of the online community. You can check out my blog at http://www.loovia.com
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Nice collection here. I love the variety and that designers are adding a bit of wit and humor.
Thanks. Yea, it certainly helps for a website to be creative on their 404 page if they want to keep the trust with their visitor.
This was a 404 image from one of our products:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrybuckley/1356791754/
Forgot to mention that I found the link to this post via Twitter.
Nice collection! I like this 404 – it takes you to a Dos Zork emulator! https://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
Liked the Dropbox-404-Page, too – nice logo-play!
Example: http://www.getdropbox.com/topic.php?id=12055sdfs
Very nice !
They look great but I notice that many don’t actually give you a way to find what you were looking for in the first place.
one of them actually has a Search Field built directly into the “404”… I think it’s pretty useful.
Hark! You haven’t seen the new MergeWeb 404 page then.
Even has audio.
http://www.mergeweb.com/ pretty cool site right there.
This 404 Page designed with audio.. laugh… nice..
That’s a great 404 page. Thanks for sharing
Awesome collection put up here… :-)
The Error-404 pages on HTS are rather interesting too; the remarks which pop up are rather funny… :-)
Loved this post.
Cheers!
nice collection. they looks awesome..The first one looks like Twitter..
Nice collection. 404 error pages gallery: http://404errorpagesgallery.com/
Great collection of 404 pages, both the Homer Simpson ones are my personal favourite.
These 404 pages are great, they can make you smile in the face of the 404 error, even though your annoyed by missing page! My fav’s are Twingly, Twurn and jhuskisson.
I think the 4chan 404’s would have to be up there. And since there’s a different one every time you 404, it’s even more exciting than the forum itself!
Thanks for the laugh!
Just what I needed to cheer me up for the weekend – the Simpsons are obviously very popular.
If it made me smile, it might make your visitor smile rather than be annoyed because of a broken link… and that can only be a good thing.
I have never thought about making a 404 page exciting. This is a great idea.
Thanks for sharing the 404 smiles. After seeing a few of these best-of 404’s earlier this year, I did one for my puppy’s website. One visitor remarked she spewed a Diet Coke on her keyboard after landing there: http://www.lifewithcorky.com/nopage.html (404 direct link)
Wow, have to say its a orginal concept :) . Thanks for sharing
good collection.. thanks
Great pages! Here’s a simple one i like:
http://falala.la/34ffasd.html
Love this post! I really like this website…anyways, I am going to redo my 404 page ASAP as it’s currently non-existent!
Awesome collection. I just whipped ours up quickly but I like it. :p
here’s another:
http://aclevertwist.com/404.php
Awesome 404 pages very creative and unique . :)
Thx! Very nice selection
have a look at this 404 one
http://www.ibiblio.org/blah.html
scroll down to where it says UNIX (V6) , webmaster (local dialect) and (C3PO)
Greetings and Cool blue d”O”d Compliments. This compilation is Stellar!I’m “ROTFLWTRDTSOMAC” @sum of the ones. Loved the dark humor in the crusoe version. Intensely funny!
Keep it coming!
Love Light!
I wonder why the DeviantART page is on that list. It doesn’t seem particularly creative to me, just their mascot Fella which appears on just about every page anyway.
(Ok, some of the other ones weren’t so creative either, but some were brillaint.)
This is a great lineup. Thanks for the post.
they crack me up! :-0)))
That’s a very nice oops-collection. I do enjoy !dull-as-dust 404 pages and gathered a few ideas for my next project right here. Thanks.
I have always wanted to try and be more creative with the 404 error pages.
Its the perfect place for a company to show a light hearted personality.
This collection is sure to get the creative juices going…
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Thanks & Regards
Noel from nopun.com
a professional graphic design studio
Variety of creative design of the 404 pages. Indeed creative.
Woo… They are really creative. :)
Wow that list is needed, designing a 404 right now !
Wow great list, really creative. Thanks for sharing.
I love the Ninja one ;)
I simply adore a good 404 page…
Hitting the page is really bad, but it really boosts your mood when you see cool page :)
I’ve seen lots of lists, but this one has some new ones :) Great!
Tha page with birds sitting on a rope – super! :)
It amazes me how many sites – professional websites lack custom 404 pages! They should be a must have for ALL websites.
I have put a bit of work into my 404 page http://www.flixelpix.com/404 given it is a photo site I thought it was apt :)
The designs are all very nice. And many of the messages the designers added were hilarious. It’s the first time I felt happy seeing a 404 error. :)
The Lost, Death, and ninja-themed ones are the best though.
There are boring 404’s and then there are stuffs like these! How easy it is to use a nicely designed 404 page like these to quickly turn your frustration into a surprised chuckle.
You know what I like best about innovative 404’s? It’s the thought behind them, that even something as insignificant as a 404 Error Page can be made into something nice and pretty.
Silly me, as a web novice, I didn’t even know you could customize that page. Great, more work to do…..
I liked your collection but I think mine isn’t so bad. You can have a look at http://www.ebuyukkaya.net/404
Greatings full of sun from Hannover, Germany. – Thanks.
Nice collection here my 404
http://www.factormetal.com/404
Very fun. Like to see creativity with the 404.
No one likes to land at a 404, but some of these make an exception.
Some really funny 404 messages. Surprisingly, i have only seen the propeller one.
I’ve always considered the best 404 pages are the ones that can make me laugh! It occasionally happens if a designer has enough imagination…
wah… really I first look in there… But, you had tutorial about them? maybe you may share… I still wait for it… nice…
BeD-Boy
wow Error can be so beautiful. These are really good 404 Error designs.
I think that custom 404 pages can greatly aid usability and accessibility when used well. Instead of seeing a mysterious error page with a scary ‘error 404’ message, you users can see what looks like just another page of your site, telling them that something has gone wrong, and lending them a hand in getting back on track with a link to the homepage and/or a searchbar. It’s well worth the effort.
I have already seen some of this but the other are just my first time to see them. To tell you frankly, this post makes me laugh because of the wacky designs of the different 404 pages.
Homer Simpson is the best on all picture, hahaha…
wowww… nice collections. I like NINJA style
regards
Indonesia Web Designer
The page with russian text is good
The metro station page looks very nice. I would say it’s almost only page that i like.
Life doesn’t have to be boring and neither do 404 pages so i like it when designers have a bit of fun with it. Life’s too short etc etc.
Fashion life
Wow, great and nice looking 404 pages. Now I am going to remove my ugly looking 404 page.
Really good collection of 404 pages. Lots of funny ones, especially the ninja and Homer ones but all of them are great. Thanks for sharing.
Haha, there are some funny 404 pages.
Great collection of 404 pages. That’s so useful for ref.
Thanks for sharing this.
I have never thought about 404 pages. But after seeing this stunning-funny collection I have decided to make one for my blog. When a person lands in our blog on a 404 page and if they see a funny picture like this they will surely get attracted to our blog. All the 404 pages you have shown are really nice. Superb post.
This is awesome haha! The Surfing on Static is the best
Wow, so many great examples of 404 pages!! Looking forward to design my next one now!!
Cheers.
great… great… This is awesome :mrgreen:
This one is pretty neat http://www.endrasbmw.ca/404
There’s nothing worse than a default 404 errors, but in a way dont spend too much time on them as well. Spend more time preventing them :)
Ha Ha some fun 404 pages. Just shows that if you cant find it then you can still make a joke about it
I usually do go through the spam filter, so even the simple fact you have a Gravatar will help any future comments of yours stand out for me
great… This is awesome
have never thought about 404 pages. But after seeing this stunning-funny collection I have decided to make one for my blog. When a person lands in our blog on a 404 page and if they see a funny picture like this they will surely get attracted to our blog. All the 404 pages you have shown are really nice. Superb post.
Great collection of 404 pages, both the Homer Simpson ones are my personal favorite.
They are really creative
Thanks mate!
Here’s my 404 – LOL
http://www.stoneykins.com/404/404.html
simply amazing collection of 404 pages!!
here is another one :
http://www.fortystones.com/40-most-cool-and-creative-404-error-pages/
Ha Ha some fun 404 pages. Just shows that if you cant find it then you can still make a joke about i
hey how did u shown the number of comments written by each commentors on your blog, as i can see
Duke Of The Bump (1 comments)
so share this tips of mail me the wordpress code on my mail id
thanks
http://www.vaseemansari.com
its so inspirated desain to manage error 404
hello dear, you have written do follow for url entered by user but as i can see source code , that is nofollow so why you are fooling people.
i dont thnik this is good idea.
Woot has a great 404 page as well!
I really love the 404 redirect templates, I never thought we can have something like this for it. Thanks.
And of course, can you tell me if I can buy such templates from you or do you have a dealer?
Dude, you are really awesome!!
Those are the nice templates, I’ve ever seen
We are thinking about using such templates for our website. Thanks.
Here is another one for you :p
http://site-o-matic.net/404
Very nice collection. It would be great if you can share “How to make custom 404 pages”.
This way more and more people can make their site’s 404 pages easily :)
Great posts, I love how creative these are.
Very fresh and clever!
Website Facility – Milton Keynes
incredible! http://www.websitefacility.co.uk should use some of these 404 pages!
e the experience of the website visitors. Yet, it is one of the most neglected part of a web
It would be great if you can share “How to make custom 404 page!!
Even though 404 is very annoying for the visitor, it is so creative and very cute. Nice post and nice idea.
I just came across this spectacular one:
http://www.frogsthemes.com/demo/foliogrid/
Cool and creative page from flippingbook team http://page-flip.com/404/
Although, This is an awesome post but I would suggest you to create a 51 or 101 post rather than 35. 101 attract more than 35.
Just a suggestion man !
Awesome collection of 404 pages.
We’re planning to re-design our portfolio. I’ll keep your article in mind!
hey how did u shown the number of comments written by each commentors on your blog, as i can see
Duke Of The Bump (1 comments)
so share this tips of mail me the wordpress code on my mail id
thanks
Very inspirational pages, makes me wonder why i never made a 404 page like this
I too recently took up web design as a hobby. It gives me a few ideas for my own sites reading these sorts of blogs, thanks.
I like the ninja one.
What I do on my site though is when a page is removed, any address with our domain and a site after it that doesn’t lead to a page anymore {or ever did} just forwards you to the main front page of the site. I guess it’s slightly less clear, but at least it takes you to a page where you can start again. Especially if they are clicking in to an old page from off a search engine that doesn’t exist anymore.
nice collection, thanks…
Some great examples!
Very creative, never think to do anything special with my 404 pages.
Any more info for http://www.plastics-china.com and our business?
Even though 404 is very annoying for the visitor, it is so creative and very cute. Nice post and nice idea.
I like the ninja one.
What I do on my site though is when a page is removed, any address with our domain and a site after it that doesn’t lead to a page anymore {or ever did} just forwards you to the main front page of the site. I guess it’s slightly less clear, but at least it takes you to a page where you can start again. Especially if they are clicking in to an old page from off a search engine that doesn’t exist anymore.
Although, This is an awesome post but I would suggest you to create a 51 or 101 post rather than 35. 101 attract more than 35.
Just a suggestion man !
What I do on my site though is when a page is removed, any address with our domain and a site after it that doesn’t lead to a page anymore {or ever did} just forwards you to the main front page of the site. I guess it’s slightly less clear, but at least it takes you to a page where you can start again. Especially if they are clicking in to an old page from off a search engine that doesn’t exist anymore.
You must have taken a load of time to dig up all these pages, they are 404s how on earth did you find them!
At the web design company that I work for, we believe that a well designed and original 404 page will keep visitors entertained and engaged even if they happen to find a broken link.
http://www.back40design.com/news/m.blog/22/404-error
Some really good examples here which have really made me smile. A lot of thought has been put into these 404 pages and they are something that I don’t really consider as important but these more creative and imaginative ideas for a more functional page are really great.
Awesome post and some great examples of creativity! Nice to see some websites doing some ‘out of the box’ thinking.
Check out another one: http://wish.co.uk/404/ :)
excellent stuff…. 404 page is like showing how creative you are. love it
Bonsoir tout le monde quel est votre point de vue de mon nouveau blog sur le diagnostic immobilier?
lovely!!!
These are some funny 404’s. The Simpson’s one is my favorite. How can I use them for my site when I have it down for a week?
Nice collection!! Waooooooo
This is other example of creativity…. only an artist mind should create this!!!
http://alzago.com/404.php
Surely there are something abutting to any fables. The same has been tried here, well done! http://www.forextrading4earnprofit.com