
Smashing Magazine we smash you with the information that will make your life easier. really.
404! We couldn't find the page!
The page you've requested can not be displayed. It appears you've missed your intended destination, either through a bad or outdated link, or a typo in the page you were hoping to reach.
Advertising
What can you do?
- You can use the search box at the right side of the page to find the information you've been looking for.
- You can take a look at our Popular Posts section at the right side of this page. There you might find the information you'd like to get, and more useful articles you might be interested in as well.
- You can also return home if you're feeling lost.
- You can find out more about Smashing Magazine in the article About us.
- And if you think this is our mistake, you can also contact us. We'll be thankful.
And what now?
If you visit this page for the first time, you need to know that we like to smash our readers with the information that will make their life easier. For example, right now. Right here.
Talking about 404 Error Pages: let's take a look at some of the user-friendly and creative error pages we've stumbled upon recently.
1. Use appealing visual elements.
2. Twitter: 404
3. The Big Noob - Page not found
2. Provide alternatives for navigation.
5. Devlounge
7. Page not found | Blog | 1976design.com
3. Offer an overview of possibly related posts.
12. Technorati: 404
4. Communicate with your visitors.
13. 404. You're screwed. (kottke.org)
14. Design View / Andy Rutledge - Error 404! Oh no you di'int!
17. JeffCroft.com: Page not found
5. Be sincere and cool.
18. IBM.com - 404
19. Apple.com - 404
6. Be user-friendly.
20. IKEA - The page cannot be found
7. (Don't) provide too many options.
8. (Don't) provide too little options.
9. DWYWTD (Do Whatever You Want To Do)
24. Scythe.net

Still Hungry?
If you browse through further articles published here, you'll find more useful and creative content dedicated for designers and web-developers. We promise.
Explore.
Sponsors
- Advertise with us!
Smashing Links
Popular Posts
- 100 Wordpress Themes
- 83 Wordpress Themes
- 80 AJAX Solutions
- 53 CSS Techniques
- 45 Blog Designs
- 50 Beautiful Designs
- 50 Simple Designs
- 60 Elegant Designs
- 65 Flash Designs
- Brilliant Wallpapers
- Brilliant HDR Pictures
- Brilliant Photos
- Free Design Templates
- Free CSS Layouts
- Free Icon Sets
- Free High-Quality Fonts
- Slideshows & Lightboxes
- Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
- Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
All Posts
- 404 Error Pages
- AJAX Libraries
- AJAX Solutions
- Blog Designs
- Blog Headers
- Book Covers
- Browsers Round-Up
- Browser Test Suites
- Buzz-Monitoring
- Charts and Diagrams: Tools
- Cheat Sheets
- Code Beautifier
- Copyright Explained
- CSS Coding Techniques
- CSS Designs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- CSS Expert Ideas
- CSS Float Theory
- CSS Frameworks
- CSS Free Templates
- CSS Footers
- CSS Forms 1, 2
- CSS Frameworks
- CSS Galleries
- CSS Ideas
- CSS Layouts
- CSS Menus
- CSS Print-Layouts
- CSS Specificity
- CSS Styleguides
- CSS Tables
- CSS Tutorials
- CSS-Techniques
- CSS Tools
- Data Grids and Tables
- Data Visualization 1, 2
- Date Stamps
- Design Books 1, 2
- Design Magazines
- Designer's Checkpoints
- Domain Tools
- Dreamweaver Tutorials
- E-Mail Delivery
- Favicons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Firefox Themes
- Fireworks Tutorials
- Flash Designs
- Flash Slideshows
- Flash Tutorials
- Fonts 1, 2, 3, 4
- Forums
- Gadgets 1, 2, 3
- Google AdSense
- Google PageRank
- Graphics Design
- Grid-Based Design 1, 2
- Grunge Design 1, 2
- Hand-Drawing Design
- Handwriting and Lettering
- Hotkeys
- HDR Pictures
- HTML Template Systems
- Icon Sets 1, 2, 3, 4
- Icons, Templates 1, 2, 3
- Illustrator Tutorials 1, 2
- Laptop Sleeves
- Laptop Designs
- Link Building
- Mascots
- Motion Graphics
- Music Videos
- Navigation Menus
- Newspaper Designs
- Online Converters
- Online Generators
- Pagination
- PDF Magazines
- Photoshop Tutorials 1, 2
- Pixel art
- PNG Transparency
- Portfolios
- RSS Best Design Practices
- RSS Icons
- Screensavers
- SEO Tools
- Shopping Carts
- Short Movies
- Slideshows & Lightboxes
- Splash Pages
- Start Pages
- Stock Icons
- Tab-Based Interfaces
- Tag Clouds
- Textures & Backgrounds
- Tooltips Scripts
- Tutorials
- Typefaces 1, 2
- Type Setting Principles
- Typographic Posters
- Typography In Motion
- Typography Showcase
- Usability Books
- Usability Glossary
- Usability Nightmares
- Usability Principles
- User Interfaces
- Vintage and Retro
- Wallpapers 1, 2, 3, 4
- Web 2.0 Tutorials
- Web Profis Ideas 1, 2
- Whitespace & Simplicity
- Wordpress Plugins
- Wordpress Themes 1, 2, 3, 4
Webtips
Sideblog
Ross Johnson discusses 8 forgotten fonts you may use in CSS. Among them are Palatino Linotype, Century Gothic, Copperplate and Gill Sans — apparently, these fonts are installed on a variety of operating systems.
How creative can a table of contents be? Designobserver presents Thirty Tables of Contents. The collection includes excerpts from the books by Philip Larkin, Philip Roth, Paul Rand and Jan Tschichold.
A set of 18 splendid and colorful looking 3D RSS-Icons. They are done with 3d Studio Max. JPG.

In Font Clock 12 different fonts are printed within the mechanism of a clock, providing a random, mixed display of graphic language within a single time piece. Designed by Sebastian Wrong.
One pixel notched corners as used by Google Analytics. Instead of each option being boxed in a clickable rectangle, there is a 1px notch in each corner. It's not necessarily a curved corner, but it is a little softer than a normal box. Nice little trick.
Hartija is a CSS print framework which is an attempt to unite best CSS printing practices into one single CSS-file.
Rather than standard website templates, a free admin template is nearly impossible to find. This is an admin template which you can use for web applications like online-shops or CMS.

Fully Personal Interface research is a survey where people are questioned about their interface preferences. Results: labels and icons should be placed on the left, horizontal menus are more popular than vertical ones.



























