(Standard 404 Pages are dead-ends for users. By customizing a 404 page, a website can re-engage users.) |
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=== What Problem This Solves === | === What Problem This Solves === | ||
- | Standard 404 Pages are dead-ends for users. By customizing a 404 page, a website can re-engage users. | + | Standard 404 Pages are dead-ends for users. By customizing a 404 page, a website can re-engage users.<br> |
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=== When to Use This Pattern === | === When to Use This Pattern === | ||
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New websites: Custom 404 pages should be part of the content deliverables for site launch. | New websites: Custom 404 pages should be part of the content deliverables for site launch. | ||
- | + | To quickly find a 404 page, enter websitename.com/404 | |
=== What's The Solution? === | === What's The Solution? === | ||
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- | Why Use This Pattern | + | === Why Use This Pattern === |
- | + | Effective 404 pages can greatly reduce site abandonment. | |
=== References === | === References === | ||
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=== Examples Gallery === | === Examples Gallery === | ||
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- | '''Project Fedena''' | + | '''Project Fedena''' |
- | Grade: D (Well-designed. Not at all useful.)<br> | + | Grade: D (Well-designed. Not at all useful.)<br> |
- | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Project fedena 404-not useful.jpg]] |
'''Bonnier Corporation 404 Page''' (Publishers of Popular Science, Spa and Saveur, among others) | '''Bonnier Corporation 404 Page''' (Publishers of Popular Science, Spa and Saveur, among others) |