cubicweb #1402 A more friendly 404 [open]

Based on :

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/make-your-404-pages-more-useful.html

or http://www.alistapart.com/articles/amoreuseful404

Make the "this resource does not exist" on a wrong URL more user friendly - and also the "No result matching query" (when search returns no results) more friendly.

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Comments

  • 2010/11/10 16:25, written by acampeas

    please propose something

    • 2010/11/10 16:47, written by nchauvat

      he cited two articles, that's already a proposal.

    • 2010/11/10 16:52, written by alutz

      The URLs above seem to be pretty explicit.

      Elements I think should (at least) be there :

      • a mention of 404
      • a search field in the central part with an explanation
      • a clear link to the home page
      • navigation by tags
      • 2010/11/10 18:13

        I can't resist sharing :-)
        http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-really-cool-and-creative-error-404-pages/

      • 2010/11/10 18:39, written by acampeas

        This looks like app-dependant stuff.

        • 2010/11/15 15:36, written by alutz

          I think there should at least be a common 404 page, then each app can add specific elements (ok ignore the navigation by tags for this ticket)

          • 2010/11/16 13:19, written by acampeas

            "this resource does not exist" is it !

            maybe a better wording and suggestions would be welcome -- can you make a precise proposal for this ? My take below:

            This resource does not exist.

It may be because of the following:

 * the resource does actually not exist,
 * it was renamed/moved or deleted,
 * you do not have the permission to access it.

Please also check that you did not mistype (or mispaste) some part of the URI.
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Ticket #1402 - latest update on 2010/11/16, created on 2008/12/31 by Arthur Lutz