Mélange 404 Page for Squarespace
Mélange on Squarespace: 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 Squarespace
Preview your page at a wide and a narrow width after adding realistic content. Test how longer text and mixed image sizes behave in your chosen layout, then repeat the task on the published site.