{"id":553,"date":"2019-01-03T07:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T04:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/?p=553"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T06:10:50","slug":"what-is-a-404-error-page-not-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/what-is-a-404-error-page-not-found","title":{"rendered":"What is a 404 error page not found ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>what is a 404 error?<\/h2>\n<div>404-page error, in short, its mean the page cannot found on the website or page doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/div>\n<div>404 error appears when you enter a wrong URL that doesn\u2019t exist on a live website.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is one of the most common errors you can face while browsing the internet websites, which often occurs when following a broken website link or if you enter a wrong website address or website URL that doesn\u2019t exist, or website path has changed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>404 error message can be seen in different forms, such as (404 Page Not Found) or (404 Not Found)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Common reasons of\u00a0404 error :<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>user type wrong URL<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>web admin change page\u00a0Permalink.<\/li>\n<li>web admin removes a page.<\/li>\n<li>no redirect from old page URL\u00a0to the new one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Why it&#8217;s important to have a 404 error page on your website?<\/h3>\n<div>a 404 error page is like you tell visitors that website is not broken or down you just come to a wrong place and here the point. you don&#8217;t want website visitors to leaves website with an of feeling that website does not respond or damaged, especially if they are not familiar with your website.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>another point its good for SEO to define 404 error page.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The consequence is that the user is likely to leave the website and never return. This could mean potentially losing a new customer, after a bad experience that could have easily been avoided.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>How to create a 404 error page?<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are top tips for creating a 404 error page:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The page design should be consistent with the rest of the website.<\/li>\n<li>Write a clear message acknowledging the problem, indicating the possible cause and provide a solution.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid technical terminologies as many web users may not understand what it means.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the website navigation menu shown.<\/li>\n<li>Create a link to go back to the previous page as an optional.<\/li>\n<li>Include a link to the sitemap for all of the main sections or pages of the website.<\/li>\n<li>Include contact form as an option to report a broken link for web admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>what is a 404 error? 404-page error, in short, its mean the page cannot found on the website or page doesn&#8217;t exist. 404 error appears when you enter a wrong&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/saedx-blog-featured-70.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wRFx-8V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saedx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}