Website Maintenance Pages

When you see the default "404 Error" or "Missing Page" HTML page pop up as you're browsing a site, normally you click right off and it goes out of site, out of mind. But when you see a page that has an interesting, designed message for those instances, you appreciate and take notice. Smashing Magazine recently posted an article highlighting effective maintenance pages. If you have a website or you're a web designer or webmaster, this may give you ideas: Effective Maintenance Pages