Title: Error 404
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Error 404

 *  [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/)
 * Hi there,
 * I just upgraded to the latest version on Moesia, but am encountering a problem:
   
   I can see my front page, but when I click on any of the other pages in the menu,
   I get the following error (I am translating from the message which appears in
   French):
 * Error 404 – Not found
    This file was not found. This could be a technical error.
   Please try again later. If you cannot access this file after a few tries, it 
   means it has been deleted.
 * What is strange is that the pages still exist, as does the menu… I even deleted
   the pages and menu and rebuilt them, but they still showed the same error message.
   I also imported types once again (which may have been totally useless but felt
   like a very professional thing to do. You can probably tell that this isn’t my
   day job 😉 Anyway, I’m stumped.
 * Thanks in advance for any light you could shed on the situation!
 * PS- the site is in maintenance mode, but I would be happy to give access info
   via email if someone would care to take a look…

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6045945)
 * Try resetting your permalinks – go to Settings > Permalinks and press SAVE.
 *  Thread Starter [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6045946)
 * Forgot to add that I am not using any translation plug-ins; I’m building the 
   site with the french version of wp.
 *  Thread Starter [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6045949)
 * Thanks for the VERY quick reply!
    I followed your instructions, WPyogi, but it
   doesn’t seem to change anything. FYI, just in case it makes a difference, the
   only thing selected under “Most common settings” (again, it’s a translation, 
   but must be something like that) is “article name”.
 *  [Marko Dimitrijević](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimikjones/)
 * (@dimikjones)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6045996)
 * Hi kmj, I am sorry for telling you to create new topic, but in that way more 
   people will look at your problem.
 * Have you maybe make changes to .htaccess file, and you can disable total cache
   plugin if you ar using one?
 * I am awful with french but I can try if you create admin user for me, below is
   my email.
 * dimi[@]diwebdeveloper.com (just without []) 😉
 *  Thread Starter [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6046128)
 * Thanks so much for your help!
    I’ve sent you the login information. As for your
   suggestions, I am quite sure I haven’t changed the .htaccess file, and am not
   using a cache plugin.
 *  [Marko Dimitrijević](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimikjones/)
 * (@dimikjones)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6046133)
 * Hi, I looked your settings. I set permalinks to default settings and now it is
   working. Below is message in franch when you try to change settings. Basicly 
   it means that WP don’t have permision to write to .htaccess file and you should
   do it manualy.
 * > Si vous aviez les droits en écriture sur le fichier .htaccess, nous pourrions
   > faire cela automatiquement. Ce n’est pas le cas, donc voici les règles de réécriture
   > que vous devrez mettre dans votre fichier .htaccess. Cliquez sur le champ et
   > appuyez sur Ctrl-a pour tout sélectionner.
 * So options are to do it manually, or try change permission on that file or check
   with your host if does your Apache server have the rewrite_module on.
 *  Thread Starter [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6046139)
 * Oh wow. You are my hero. Can’t thank you enough!
 *  Thread Starter [kmj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmj/)
 * (@kmj)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6046223)
 * Before marking this issue as resolved, I just had one more question.
    First of
   all, thanks for the info. I read [this](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
   and then found the .htaccess file with filezilla and changed the numeric values
   to 666 (which, if I understand correctly, I should change back to 644 when the
   site is finished).
 * But I am having another problem, although it may be unrelated (if it turns out
   it is, I can start a new thread): none of my page edits seem to save.
 * I read [here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-page-edits?replies=11)
   about similar issues, but two things make me a little hesitant to try this.
    
   First, the post is 6 years old 🙁 Second, I DO have a .htaccess file, but it 
   is not IN my wp-admin folder. If I were to make the changes noted above which
   suggest creating a text file and renaming it within the wp-admin file, should
   I delete the .htaccess file that is not that folder?
 * Thanks for your advice!
 *  [Marko Dimitrijević](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimikjones/)
 * (@dimikjones)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-476/#post-6046224)
 * Hi, **.htaccess** file for WP should be in WP installation folder, if it is your
   host root folder then it is usually **home** or maybe **public_html** folder.
   If WP installation is in separate folder look inside it. You can always download
   and open file to check it if it have lines like
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * then it is the right one. **On hosting account you can have multiple .htaccess
   files for different things.**
 * If problem with saving persist you should contact your hosting provider about
   it. They usually resolve these kind of things for you.

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 * Last reply from: [Marko Dimitrijević](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimikjones/)
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