Title: Temporary URLs
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Temporary URLs

 *  [megwolfe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megwolfe/)
 * (@megwolfe)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temporary-urls-1/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I just got my WordPress site working with a temporary URL, but now I’m wondering
   how do I view my media / pages / blog posts while I build my website? (I know
   I’ll see it all later when I redirect everything to the real URL)
 * I can get into the admin panel of my site with no trouble, and view the front
   page of my theme.. but I can’t see any other pages because of 404s. Any tips 
   on how to work around this would be great! 🙂
 * Thanks,
    M

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 *  [nhojeinnor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhojeinnor/)
 * (@nhojeinnor)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temporary-urls-1/#post-6485317)
 * have you tried checking your dashboard > pages > your page > then view page?
   
   If it’s not working maybe you have a problem on permalink or .htaccess
 *  Thread Starter [megwolfe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megwolfe/)
 * (@megwolfe)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temporary-urls-1/#post-6485400)
 * Yep! Tried to view the page by itself and it says 404 Not Found.
 *  Thread Starter [megwolfe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megwolfe/)
 * (@megwolfe)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temporary-urls-1/#post-6485404)
 * Just went into the htaccess file and set the permissions at 777. My WordPress
   Permalinks settings still say the file is not rewritable though, and is asking
   me to manually update it.
 * However, when I pull up the file to manually update the code it’s already showing
   the changes WordPress is asking me to make. So the file has been updated, but
   WordPress isn’t seeing the change (and is still asking me to change it).

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 * [404 errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-errors/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [megwolfe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megwolfe/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temporary-urls-1/#post-6485404)
 * Status: not resolved

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