When you call up a page that does not (or no longer) exist, you are redirected to 404 pages. But this is not directly bad, because the 404 templates can work wonders with a little creativity, so that visitors do not leave your site.
404 pages (or Error Page) are so called because servers return the HTTP status code 404 in case of a non-existent or no longer existing page to show that the requested page does not (no longer) exist.
A creative way for 404 page templates is to use funny animations, designs and funny images to make its visitors not leave the website. In this course, it is also important to give users directly the possibility to go to another subpage on your website. Also responsive pages must of course look good.
The 404 page templates can serve as a template template or as examples for your own page (completely free of course), get inspired! And let’s be honest…404 jokes are the best, right?
I was about to make a joke about 404 pages, but didn’t find one.
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#1 Responsive 404 Stranger things
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Responsive 404 Stranger things by ARiyou Jahan (@ARiyou2000)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS)
#2 No Vacancy 404
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No Vacancy 404 by Riley Shaw (@rileyjshaw)
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Slim, Sass, CoffeScript
#3 404 Kittens
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404 Kittens by nclud team (@nclud)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS
#4 – Glitched out
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404 – Glitched out by ZonFire99 (@ZonFire99)
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#5 Fargo 404
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Fargo 404 by Nathaniel Watson (@nw)
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HTML (Pug), CSS (SCSS), JS
#6 404 No signal
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404 No signal by Adem ilter (@ademilter)
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#7 Glitchy 404 Page
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Glitchy 404 Page by Kay Pooma (@kaypooma)
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#8 Bluescreen – 404 Page
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Bluescreen – 404 Page by Angela Galliat (@agalliat)
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#9 404 Space
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404 Space by Keith (@KeithPaul)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS
#10 Error page – #Project 4
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Error page – #Project4 by Jake (@Jake_Woods)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS
#11 404
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404 by Metty (@Metty)
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#12 Space 404
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Space 404 by Ethan (@eroxburgh)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS
#13 404 Error Page
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404 Error Page by anhat.dev (@nhatanh17)
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#14 Daily UI #008 – 404 Page
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Daily UI #008 – 404 Page by Rafaela Lucas (@rafaelavlucas)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS
#15 Lost in Space (ERRORS) (not responsive)
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Lost in Space (ERRORS) (not responsive) by Radu (@maxym11)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS)
#16 404 Page Not Found
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404 Page Not Found by João Sousa (@joaosousa)
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HTML, CSS (PostCSS)
#17 404 Error Page
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404 Error Page by miranda (@mirandalwashburn)
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#18 404 Error page
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404 Error page by Abolfazl Arab (@abol)
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#19 404 Makes bear sad ??
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404 Makes bear sad ?? by Jhey (@jh3y)
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HTML (Pug), CSS (Stylus), JS (Babel)
#20 404-magnifying-glass-svg-animation-css
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404-magnifying-glass-svg-animation-css by Maelle Gomez (@maellegomezafpa)
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#21 en 404 page
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en 404 page by Arman Azizpour (@arman_bag)
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#22 404 Venn Diagram
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404 Venn Diagram by Michael Richins (@MrGrigri)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS)
#23 Tractor Pull 404 Error
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Tractor Pull 404 Error by Nick Soltis (@nss5161)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS)
#24 Neon – 404 Page Not Found
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Neon – 404 Page Not Found by Tibix (@Tibixx)
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#25 8-bit mario 404
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8-bit mario 404 by JFabre (@josfaber)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), Babel
#26 404 error page
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404 error page by Swarup Kumar Kuila (@uiswarup)
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HTML, CSS (Bootstrap), JS (anime.js)
#27 Yeti 404 page
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Yeti 404 Page by Darin (@dsenneff)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS (TweenMax.js, MorphSVGPlugin.js, CustomEase.js)
#28 404 page
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404 Page by sarazond (@sarazond)
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#29 Ghost Page | 404
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Ghost Page | 404 by Diogo Gomes (@diogo_ml_gomes)
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HTML, CSS (SCSS), JS (jQuery)
#30 404 Error Example #3
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404 Error Example #3 by Ricardo Prieto (@ricardpriet)
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Conclusion
As you can see, there are no limits to your creativity. Which 404 page template do you like the most, or maybe you got creative yourself? Feel free to let me know! And maybe your 404 page will show up here soon. 🙂
Note: All pens are published on codepen.io and not by me.
Not enough? Then this could be something for you:
Sorry but NONE of them work, I’m assuming that the source files are separate files, IE HTML, CSS and JS, and to have 3 files created.IEThe HTML code goes into an html file, the CSS code to a css file, and if any java, then it too goes into its own files, ie, 404.html, 404, css and (if using java), 404.js and placed into a folder within a virtual host, and adding the apache directive:-ErrorDocument 404 /pages/404.html which doesn’t do what it should.Have a look at this url:- https://musaholic-studios.no-ip.org:13080/testit should show a centered, green 404 error on a black background, but nope.
You can put the full code in one HTML file or you can put them in seperate HTML, CSS and JS files. But you need to import them in your HTML file of course. And be careful: some of them using seperate libraries to work.