Attached Link: http://www.kuroyumes-developmentzone.com/appleyard/nonexistent.htm

Now that's pretty creative lol I like it too! ;)

I deleted my first entry to add my own sorta 404.
I still like your 404 a lot too, Anthony :oD

I like creative 404's

Here's mine: http://62.107.23.210/

Message edited on: 08/13/2005 05:33

I like both :). Cool lady, Trekkie :) Anthony, why can't I see your error page in IE ? It just says 404, plain Windows ugly thing. I can see your customized 404 error site in K-meleon only, which is yet another Mozilla clone.

Ditto with me. I see my custom 404 page with Firefox and not with IE. God knows. Gates knows.

IE has an option which controls whether or not you get the default error pages.
Tools menu, select "Internet Options ...", click on the Advanced tab and look for "Show friendly HTTP error messages".
When unchecked you should be able to see the custom 404 page instead of the IE default one.

lol, loaded firefox up so I could see it. Cute. Trekkie yours is a kick too, got a smile out of me. Marque

Thanks for advice nruddock, I did unchecked that weird option and I can see it in IE :)

I love em both, wish there were more of em out there as 404 seems to be the dominant page these days :) Regards /

I unchecked that weird option and I can not see my 404 page using the IE that came with BTBroadband.

Message edited on: 08/13/2005 09:19

I unchecked the option and then I could see the error.

IE has an option which controls whether or not you get the default error pages. Tools menu, select "Internet Options ...", click on the Advanced tab and look for "Show friendly HTTP error messages". When unchecked you should be able to see the custom 404 page instead of the IE default one. Odd that we can see Trekkie's with that option on. Is how your Server manages it? (I know I have to make it my Server Error Page for it to work for everyone.)

Thanks. That worked.

Attached Link: http://www.lostin3d.com/404.htm

I like them all.

On the old VAX Cluster system (mainframe), local Intergraph workstations used to have an error message: "Path Lost to Partner".

As the VAX system used to go down at least three times a week, "Path Lost to Partner" became a common phrase used around one of my old contract employer's offices.

"Path Lost to Partner" sounds more poetic than the plain-vanilla 404 error.

Oh, yeah....... And who can forget the equivalent of the 'blue screen of death' on an Amiga? They used to be called "Guru Meditations".

Odd that we can see Trekkie's with that option on Not really. My 404 isn't a "real" 404, it's just the index.html on my personal server to stop people from getting a directory listing. I do plan to implement it on my "real" homepage though. As soon as I figure out what it's supposed to be named L Mizrael, I like lostin3D's 404 too :oD

Attached Link: http://www.morphography.uk.vu/errorpages/404.html

EnglishBob, I love the Haiku! And the page is very stylish and informative. Very nice! Isn't it funny really to work hard on creating pages you really hope no one is ever going to see?

Yes, that's why I jumped at the chance to show it off. :) So far this month, 68 people have seen mine, which is a bit depressing. :(

Well, you just unnaturally inflated your numbers with that link ;-)

I thought that at first, but my statistics panel counts the errors themselves rather than the hits on that page. It's a feature of my hosting package; you can specify a custom page to be served whenever a particular error occurs. I've got pages for 400, 401, 403 and 404. That was fascinating, wasn't it? :D

the reflection on the guy on the left's viser makes his right eye look funny. Like the page- a lot!!! Clever! Love esther

Message 18 said "Anthony, the line of dots on yours means I have to scroll horizontally to see all the text.". I have inserted font specifiers in case any of you 's default HTML font is not Times New Roman. I had to put the dots in to make my 404 file big enough, else my server would ignore it.

Just add cairriage returns between each dot and it'll scroll down not to the right.

Silly question - but where does one normally start looking to see if they can change their 404 page? Sort of scanned all my directories but can't see the pages anywhere.....

If your webhost has any type of control panel page that would be the first place to look.

Love it. And thanks for the explanation of how to see it.

For inspiration ....

http://www.plinko.net/404/area404.asp