How many HTML error pages have you ever heard of? Do you know what happens in the background when the HTML pages appears on the screen?The codes conveys vital information to the user. It be a great advantage to know them better. Using the codes properly reduces the bounce rate and improves the search engine ranking and also gives knowledge on the performance of the browser.
Comprehending Status Codes
Behind every error you see on your web browser there’s a HTTP code sent by the serve. The codes comes in a format of three digit numbers. The first digit represents the statues of the code. Codes starting with 1 have information purposes, those starting with 2 represents success and those starting with 3 indicates redirection.None of those classes result into a HTML error page since the client can go through the task without hesitation. What we often see are the 4XX and 5XX kind- 5XX shows problems on the server side
- 4XX indicates client side errors