How to Create a 404 Page on 5 Different Platforms

It can be a bit embarrassing when someone goes to your website and the page they are looking for is no longer there. It’s less embarrassing if you have a 404 error page because it shows you’re proactive and you’ve got all bases covered in your business. It’s even less embarrassing if they go to a page that shows you can have a bit of fun and it redirects them back to your website so they can take a look around and find what it was they wanted.

Our 404 page is a bit silly, it shows our sense of humour and these 404 pages take it to another level.

But you might be wondering how to create a 404 page?

We know a few people have told us recently that they know they should have one, they’ve created the content for it but they can’t work out how to create it.

All platforms and page builders have slightly different ways of doing this so we have done a bit of research and compiled this blog post of tutorials on how to do it across some of the most popular platforms, so hopefully you will find one that works for you from these…

How to Create a 404 Page on your Ready Steady Websites® Website

If you’re one if our members, then you know we have a video tutorial for pretty much anything you can think of in our membership site. So, if you are a member this is the link you need for the 404 page tutorial. This will only work with your membership site login.

If you’re still stuck after watching this just get in touch with us through the usual support email or our weekly Wednesday Zoom surgery.

How to Create a 404 Page on a Wix Website

This is the page on WIX Help that tells you how to create a 404 page. https://support.wix.com/en/article/studio-editor-creating-a-custom-404-page

How to Create a 404 Page on a SquareSpace Website

This is the page on SquareSpace support that tells you how to create a 404 page.https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205814478-Creating-a-custom-404-page

How to Create a 404 Page on a WordPress Website Using Elementor

This is a post on the Elementor blog to help you create your 404 page.
https://elementor.com/blog/create-custom-wordpress-404-page/

How to Create a 404 Page on a WordPress Website Using Divi

This is an article on the Elegant Themes website about creating a 404 page using Divi. We hope it’s still accurate as it was published in 2022 but we can’t find anything more recent. https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/divi-resources/how-to-create-a-404-page-template-with-divis-theme-builder

We can’t take any responsibility for how accurate this content is but hopefully it will get you on the right track for creating the perfect 404 page for your business website to help people find what they were looking for and maybe add a bit of fun to their day.