error-message-examples

Error Message Examples

Contributors

• Evan Prodromou

Introduction

Examples of error messages published as chunks of readable (X)HTML by Web applications.

Examples

• MediaWiki failed login

<div class="errorbox">
   <h2>Login error:</h2>
   Incorrect password or confirmation code entered. Please try again.
 </div>

• WordPress, failed to enter required fields in comment

<p>Error: please fill the required fields (name, email).</p>

• PayPal , trying to send negative dollars.

<div class="messageBox error">
 <p>Some required information is missing or incomplete. Please correct your entries and try again.</p>
 <ul><li>Please enter an amount greater than zero.</li></ul>
 </div>