Mélange 404 Page for Showit
Mélange on Showit: 404 page for lifestyle and family photography. See a sample and a launch check.
This page has moved
Help a visitor get back to the work. For lifestyle and family photography, put a route to the portfolio beside the home link.
Browse designsApply it to a sample brief
If you retire the project page for the family session in a lived-in home, point visitors to the current project archive. Use a direct redirect if the original project has a replacement URL.
Build the page
Write one plain-language heading and offer two direct routes: the homepage and the portfolio or design library. Keep the main navigation available.
Write the recovery message
Try a heading such as “We couldn’t find that page,” followed by links to your current portfolio and contact page. Make a list of expired URLs that do have replacements and map those separately.
Choose between recovery and a redirect
If a project moved to a new address, send the old address directly to that project. If the work was removed and there is no equivalent, show a useful 404 with links to current work. Test both cases with the original addresses.
Check it before launch
Request a URL you know is missing. Confirm the host responds with HTTP 404 and the recovery links still work. A visitor arriving from an old gallery link can reach current work in one click. The missing URL still returns a 404 response.
Working in Showit
Compare the desktop and mobile views before publishing. Check whether the reading order, line breaks, and call to action still make sense when the layout is rearranged for a narrow screen.