Downtime Project
Uncle Andrew
I had a few minutes after lunch this afternoon so I decided to put together something I’ve wanted for quite a while: a custom 404 page.
For those not in the know, a 404 page is a special Web page that a Web server displays only when someone requests a page or file that does not exist, or at least does not exist at that location. Usually these are pretty boring, like this:
Naturally, something that humdrum simply won’t do for a high-class operation like this one (*cough* *hack* *wheeze*), so I created a 404 page with a tad more zazz.
Now, when someone requests a page that is not available on Uncle Andrew Dot Net, this is what they will see.
Pity the most common 404’s I get are coming from human offal trying to hack my site using an outdated xmlrpc sploit. Not only would they likely not appreciate it, given the nature of these hacks they probably won’t even see it.
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February 10th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
And if you wish to make a lovely set of bookends you can complete your set with this.
February 10th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Now I feel silly for doing a humdrum, helpful 404 when I could have offered lost surfers a koala bear or something. Here’s the one I made: http://www.trishtales.com/404.html
February 10th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Funny, that’s exactly what I thought of after I finished my 404 page. There truly is no new thing under the sun.
Yes, shame on you for offering subtle humor when you could be throwing octopuses or naked mole rats in people’s faces. 😛