UKOLN AHDS Survey Of 404 Error Pages For JISC 5/99 Project Entry Points



The following table gives a summary of 404 error pages for JISC 5/99 projects. The data was taken from the listing of DNER Development Projects.

A summary of the column headings is given below.

Project
Name of project and link to project Web site
Tailored 404 Page?
Y if Web site appear to have a tailored 404 page, and does not use the server default
Description
Brief comments on the 404 page
Rating *-****
* - simple 404 page with little, if any branding
** - 404 page with some elements of branding, navigational bars, help information, etc.
*** - sophisticated 404 page which is fully branded and contains navigational bars, help information, etc.
**** - sophisticated 404 page with additional functionality, such as personalisation.
Try It
View the project 404 page

The ratings have an elemnt of subjectivity. To help in interpreting their meaning additional information is given below.

Table : Explanation Of Ratings
Rating Description Example
* May mention name of the Web site but has little or no branding, navigational bars or help information.
** Has some elements of branding, navigational bars or help information, but not all.  
*** Has all elements of branding, navigational bars and help information.
**** Has all elements of branding, navigational bars and help information. In addition provides additional functionality, such as personalised information, information on referrer field, etc.  

 

Table 1: Access to Teaching and Learning Resources
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
1 ANGEL N     Check
2 FAILTE N     Check
3 ICONEX N     Check
4 RESULTs Network N     Check

 

Table 2: Enhancing JISC data services for Teaching and Learning
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
5 Biz/ed Virtual Learning Arcade Y Branded page with links to several area and help information *** Check
6 CHCC N     Check
7 Enhancing Beilstein CrossFire N     Check
8 e-MapScholar Y Branded page with links to several area *** Check
9 Geo-Crosswalk Gazetteer        
10 Go-Geo!: The Geo- data Portal Project        
11 Timeweb N     Check
12 Using Numerical Data Y Branded page with links to several area and search box *** Check

 

Table 3: Images
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
13 ARTWORLD        
14 BIOMED Y Gives link to project home page * Check
15 BuilDNER N     Check
16 Crafts Study Centre     No Web site  
17 Designing Britain 1945-1975 ?? Error - 404 page not available   Check
18 Filter N     Check
19 PICTIVA N     Check
20 Textile Images     No Web site  

 

Table 4: Moving Image and Sound
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
21 Click and Go Video N     Check
22 HOTBED N     Check
23 LIFESIGN N     Check
24 TRILT N     Check

 

Table 5: Museum Content
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating *-**** Try It
25 Biota of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems N     Check
26 Digital Egypt for Universities N     Check
27 LEMUR N     Check
28 MIRACLE      
29 PATOIS Y Logo and simple navigational bar ** Check
30 Virtual Norfolk Project Y Branded page with navigational bar, search box *** Check

 

Table 6: Miscellaneous
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
31 EBONI Y Simple error message * Check
32 INHALE N     Check
33 PELICAN Y Simple error message with search box ** Check
34 VDML N     Check

 

Table 7: Infrastructure projects - JOIN-UP
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
35 Docusend N     Check
36 Xgrain Y Branded page with links to several area *** Check
37 ZBLSA Y Branded page with links to several area *** Check
38 ZETOC N     Check

 

Table 8: RDN projects
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
39 British Education Portal N     Check
40 Computing Gateway Y Link to home page * Check
41 Euro Subject Portal for the RDN        
42 History online for learning and teaching N     Check
43 Maths Portal        
44 NMAP Y Attractive *** Check
45 Physical Sciences Subject Portal for the RDN      
46 RDN Virtual Training Suite N     Check
47 SAD-I N     Check
48 SAD-II        

 

Table 9: Z projects
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
49 Gate-Z Y Branded page with links to several area *** Check
50 JAFER N     Check
51 MIMAS Metadata for the DNER N     Check

 

Table 10: Evaluation projects
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
52 EDNER Y Contains logo and link to home page ** Check

 

Table 11: Studies
  Project Tailored 404 Page? Description Rating
*-****
Try It
53 INSPIRAL N     Check

The information in the table was collected on 7th October 2002.

Notes

Please note the following:

Summary

Summary

A summary of the findings is given below.

Table 12: Summary
Tailored 404 Page 14 33%
Default 404 Page 28 67%
* Rating 3 21%
** Rating 3 21%
*** Rating 8 57%
**** Rating 0 0%