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Most 404 pages are dull and boring and lack that little pizzaz that makes web design fun and clever. I was happily surfing the web the other day when I found the 404 page on Astuteo.com and I literally LoL’d and spit my coffee out all over my desk… I thought there have to be more great 404 pages out there like this! Read on for some laughs and a chance to show me your 404 page!
So after a little searching I remembered Chris Coyer’s CSS-Tricks site had a funny (well funny nerdy) 404 page:
Crettica Daily’s 404 page says this can’t be – which gives me a chuckle…
Then there’s always my 404 page with a mouse sleeping on a banana 
Smashing magazine has a great roundup of different types of 404 pages.
And theres also a gallery site dedicated to 404 pages: Fab 404
Web Designer Depo also did a post on 50 creative 404 pages
If you think you have a good 404 page and want it featured in my next blog post fill out the form below!
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Simon Day says:
I was allowed to create an amusing one for this site: http://www.devonlocks.com/404.html
July 13th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Fab404 says:
Thanks for mentioning the Fab404 gallery! It’s great to see creative and funny 404 pages getting noticed.
July 13th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Callum Chapman says:
Haha that’s great, I love the uhoh one! I probably would have spat my coffee out too!
July 13th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Jacob Haug says:
LOL! Love the Uh Oh….Spaghettios, one! Anyway, our 404 page looks like this…
http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/pros-cons-flash.html
July 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Julian Stone says:
http://proworkflow.com/abc.cfm – that’s our one. We’re a project management tool, but our love is in the orange realm…
July 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Shaun Clarke says:
I really like this one, reminds me of an old gameshow host.
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/404
July 17th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Shaun Clarke says:
Sorry that should be http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/404.htm
July 17th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Rich Wagner says:
Google has had some great ones, too – associated with their April Fools spoofs.
http://www.google.com/tisp/notfound.html
July 20th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
rory says:
Nice, I’m really boring when it comes to 404 pages just a standard “Whoops” but I’m digging Chris Coyer’s page burst, might try making more of an effort next time. Thanks for the inspiration.
July 21st, 2009 at 1:07 am
thom78 says:
My old bands website was maintained by our bass player…upon being fired from the band he changed every page of our website to something along the lines of “404 This page cannot be displayed as the band cannot be bothered to get off their arses and sort things out for themselves” Bit spiteful but it sure made me laugh!
October 21st, 2009 at 8:22 am