Title: Bizarre error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Bizarre error

 *  [tafts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafts/)
 * (@tafts)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I have recently ran into the oddest error I have ever seen and its got me stumped,
   I think I may be losing it.
 * I created a site, 40 odd pages, no problems everything running fine. I started
   to input the content to the pages (now this only happened on one page), when 
   I copied the information across and tried to update or preview the page I got
   an error message, page not found (the 404 page). Thinking it was a problem with
   the page I deleted and created it again, still the same problem. After investigating,
   I was able to save any else I copied into the page just not the original content
   for the page (this was all normal text, no code, nothing complex, just text) 
   I ended up able to copy it in section by section until I narrowed it down to 
   one line. If I left it out it saved/worked no problem if it put it in I got an
   error and it wouldn’t save.
 * I don’t know what the problem is, it’s just a normal line of text and it screws
   the entire page.
 * Any ideas????

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481812)
 * Can you post the text that you were trying to include here?
 *  Thread Starter [tafts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafts/)
 * (@tafts)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481820)
 * Sure,
 *     ```
       We show you how to create 150 outfits from only 12 items....Yes it can be done!!
       ```
   
 * like I said just a normal line of text, nothing special. I have since tried copying
   the content to another page I had set-up which was working and the error happened,
   so it cant be the page. I even opened the word document in notepad to remove 
   any possible code that was transferring over, error still occurred, but if I 
   delete the above line it all works.
 * ??????
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481831)
 * Color me stumped. I have no clue how that line could be causing the problem.
 * I recommend that you avoid using that line in the future, simply because there’s
   absolutely nothing else that I can recommend.
 *  Thread Starter [tafts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafts/)
 * (@tafts)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481836)
 * I know its mind boggling isn’t it…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481946)
 * It’s not the text. I’ve seen numerous reports of specific words or phrases causing
   problems but, so far, none of them come close to being proven. Common, proven,
   causes include:
 * – plugin problems
    – theme problems – pasting content in from other applications–
   memory issues.
 *  Thread Starter [tafts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafts/)
 * (@tafts)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481975)
 * esmi,
 * I was thinking it was something along those lines but I have tried coping it 
   from different programs and even retyping the whole section, it’s happened on
   multiple computers so it probably isn’t a memory thing. There is only one plug-
   in active and I added after this problem occurred and I have validated my theme
   code.
 * It must just be one of problems that has some how fallen through the cracks.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481994)
 * By “available memory”, I meant the memory available to WordPress on your server.
 * See [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/253495#post-1017842](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/253495#post-1017842)

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 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bizarre-error/#post-1481994)
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