Survey Of 404 Error Pages For Web Sites in the RSC Yorkshire and Humber Region

The following table gives a summary of 404 error pages for Web sites in the RSC Yorkshire and Humber region.

A summary of the column headings is given below.

Web Site: Name of college and link to 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 element of subjectivity. To help in interpreting their meaning additional information is given below.

**Table : Explanation Of Ratings**
Rating	Description	Example
-	Server default message.
*	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: 404 Survey Of Web Sites**
	Organisation	Tailored 404 Page?	Description	Rating -***	Try It
1	Askham Bryan College	N	Server default		Check
2	Barnsley College	Y	Branding, some help information and link to home page.	**	Check
3	Bishop Burton College	N	Server default		Check
4	Bradford College	N	Server default		Check
5	Calderdale College	N	Server default		Check
6	Craven College	N	Server default		Check
7	Dearne Valley College	N	Server default		Check
8	Dewsbury College	N	Server default		Check
9	Doncaster College	N	Server default		Check
10	East Riding College	N	Server default		Check
11	Franklin College	N	Server default		Check
12	Greenhead College	N	Server default		Check
13	Grimsby College	N	Server default		Check
14	Huddersfield New College	N	Server default		Check
15	Huddersfield Technical College	N	Server default		Check
16	Hull College	N	Server default		Check
17	John Leggott College	N	Blank page!		Check
18	Joseph Priestley College	N	Server default		Check
19	Keighley College	N	Server default		Check
20	Leeds College of Art	N	ASP error message displayed!		Check
21	Leeds College of Building	N	Server default		Check
22	Leeds College of Music	N	Server default		Check
23	Leeds College of Technology	N	Server default		Check
24	New College, Pontefract	N	Server default		Check
25	North Lindsey College	N	Server default		Check
26	Northern College	N	Server default		Check
27	Notre Dame 6th Form College	N	Server default		Check
28	Park Lane College	N	Server default		Check
29	Rotherham College of Arts and Technology	N	Server default		Check
30	Rother Valley College	N	Server default		Check
31	Scarborough 6th Form College	N	Server default		Check
32	Selby College	?	Server unavilable		Check
33	Sheffield College	N	Server default		Check
34	Shipley College	N	Server default		Check
35	Thomas Danby College	Y	Good example on first survey, but then branded page disappeared. ~~Fully branded with navigational bar~~	(~~***~~)	Check
36	Thomas Rotherham College	N	Server default		Check
37	Wakefield College	N	Server default		Check
38	Wilberforce College	N	Server default		Check
39	Wyke College	N	Server default		Check
40	York College	N	Server default		Check
41	Yorkshire Coast College	N	Server default		Check
42	RSC Yorkshire and Humber	N	Server default		Check

The information in the table was collected on 6^th January 2004.

Notes

Please note the following:

The data on the college Web site addresses was obtained from the RSC Yorkshire and Humber list of colleges.
The online version of this page allows the latest findings to be obtained.

Summary

A summary of the findings is given below.

**Table 2: Summary**
Tailored 404 Page	1	3%
Default 404 Page	40	97%

- Rating	40	92.9%
* Rating	0	0%
** Rating	1	2.4%
*** Rating	0	0%
**** Rating	0	0%