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404 indicates failure to communicate with the server.
– it could be configuration issue
– it could be memory issue
– it could be permalinks issue, review this: How to fix 404 error when using Pretty Permalinks? – it could be optimization issue – it could be a conflict with plugin: try resetting the plugin folder
– it could be a conflict with theme: try switching to the default theme for a moment via FTP and see if that resolves the issue.
– check for .htaccess file presence and check if the default wordpress mod-rewrite code is there or not. There are times when .htaccess file is not writeable or gotten deleted
– Check the server error log for your hosting account. Ask your hosting provider for assistance to locate them.
Tara, thank you for these leads. I will chase down the ones I understand. I feel like it must be an simplistic solution, since it wasn’t a big change that caused this result. I just added the “Home” label to the menu, and poof!
Thanks again for the help.
Peace
Cat
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I just added the “Home” label to the menu, and poof!
– To rule out any theme-specific issue, also try switching to the unedited default theme for a moment using the WP dashboard. If you don’t have access to your admin area, you can switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides.
Hi Tara,
I wasn’t able to figure out how to switch to the unedited default theme but I did switch themes briefly to see if that had any effect. I got the same result – “page not found.”
I’m so green that I can’t even figure out how to get to the “current theme’s folder in wp-content.” The fact that I’m working this though Yahoo Small Business may complicate things, though I don’t know that for a fact.
I’m sorry I can’t figure out how to utilize your advice better. Thank you for trying.
Peace
Cat
Tara,
Is there an easy way to just delete the info/site/blog/everything that I have right now and start over?
Peace
Cat
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t-p
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Is there an easy way to just delete the info/site/blog/everything that I have right now and start over?
If you need to save any content, delete everything and re-install.
Review: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
