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1. arwenspicer
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Well, I made a big mistake, as a result of which I can no longer log in. When I left off my attempts to set up a WordPress.org website at arwenspicer.com, I had reached the stage of having a page that says "Your website is ready." (I'm using Laughing Squid as a host.)

   However, I could not find out how to get this placeholder page to connect to my WordPress dashboard. With my zero computing skills, I was attempting to figure out how to do this and changed the URLs in my settings to "http://www.arwenspicer.com". I was pretty sure this wouldn't work, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try. It did.

   Now, I can no longer log on to arwenspicer.com/wp-admin/. I get a message that says the URL is not found on this server. Since I can't log on, and I can't go back and change the URLs I apparently messed up.

   What should I do to get login access again? (This is my only question; I'll save the actual website problem for another day.) Thanks.

2. govpatel
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   You will have to reset your urls back
   use one of the methods here
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL
   if you prefer to see videos on how to reset urls

3. arwenspicer
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks for pointing me to this page! It contains exactly the information I needed.

4. nfoyle
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I have followed the instructions as well, for my problem, and have posted your link on facebook, Mr Patel!

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