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Exchange is a question and answer site for user experience researchers and experts. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it 500 error page examples works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How to create a useful 500 internal server error page up vote 40 down vote favorite 18 I'm trying to create
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a useful HTTP Error 500 Internal server error page and the recommendations I have found and the live examples I have stumpled upon use a very simple layout. They basically include: a logo a headline a message and a couple of solutions how to fix it such as reload the page, come back later or contact the webmaster. What are the reasons not to also include the main site navigation or a search bar so that the visitor could find another page 500 error page design on the website? Is it technical or is it just to keep an focus on the error message? error-message errors share|improve this question edited Jan 12 '12 at 4:59 Erics 7,10133571 asked Jan 10 '12 at 11:20 Tony Bolero 4,20511751 Please please please Alert the web master yourself. you've just created an Error catching website and shown it to the user and then ask the User to contact the web master. –Barfieldmv Jan 10 '12 at 13:42 1 You mean it's rude? :) I believe the best way is to automatically send an email to the webmaster with the details (as I asked about here - webmasters.stackexchange.com/q/24386/12031) –Tony Bolero Jan 10 '12 at 13:56 If at all possible present a meaningful error message if there is a reason for the 500. Many sites that have common 500s know why they have a problem. Fark.com has a custom error message which, erm, caters to both their admins and users. –Ben Brocka♦ Jan 10 '12 at 23:52 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 27 down vote accepted The point of a good error page is to apologize for the error, explain what happened in layman terms, what might be responsible for this, and what next steps to take. Yet, error 500 rarely supplies a good explanation so the error page has to be vague. This results in users starting to refresh the page hoping it would mira
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by the Aberdeen Research Group, the average website is out of business 8 days a year. rails 500 error page This makes for 192 hours of 500 error messages from any given site, resulting in Internet users frequently experiencing feelings of anger, stress, and animosity http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15955/how-to-create-a-useful-500-internal-server-error-page - not exactly the customer experience businesses tend to aim for.Although downtime is difficult to avoid altogether, limiting its impact is feasible. In addition to being transparent about downtime and monitoring your site so that you can be alerted of issues as quickly as possible, having a humorous, clever, or visually appealing http://rigor.com/blog/2012/07/15-awesome-fail-pages 500 error page may help to soften the blow when your site is unavailable. Although the ultimate goal is that users will never see your 500 error page, in the case that something does go wrong (because something will go wrong), it can't hurt to give frustrated users something pretty to look at as they frantically click the refresh button in hopes of gaining access to your site.To recognize sites that have attempted to make the downtime experience slightly more bearable, we've compiled a gallery of our 15 favorite 500 error pages (in no particular order) for your viewing pleasure. If your business has an awesome error page that hasn't been included, or if we've left someone out, feel free to let us know. We'd love to hear your comments!1. LivingSocial2. atizo3. Giant Bomb4. GitHub5. hootsuite6. LinkedIn7. Opera Portal8. Clickscape9. Twitter (popularized the fail whale)10. YouTube11. Qype12. Twingly13. Digg14. iStockphotoFor more diver
Examples 401.shtml | 403.shtml | 404.shtml | 500.shtml You can copy the code on these pages and customize them for your multihomed http://sonic.net/errors/text.shtml web site, then put them in a /errors/ directory in your web site. If you have questions beyond what is offered here, please post your questions to the sonic.help.www newsgroup. 401.shtml
401 - Authentication Failed
The URL you've requested, requires a correct username 500 error and password. Either you entered an incorrect username/password, or your browser doesn't support this feature.403.shtmlPlease inform the administrator of the referring page, "> if you think this was a mistake.
403 - Permission Denied
You do not 500 error page have permission to retrieve the URL or link you requested,404.shtmlPlease inform the administrator of the referring page, "> if you think this was a mistake.
404 - Document Not Found
The requested object or URL, was not found on this server.500.shtmlThe link you followed is either outdated, inaccurate, or the server has been instructed not to let you have it.
Please inform the administrator of the referring page, ">.
500 - Malformed Header
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.Please contact the administrator, of ">, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
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