Title: URL Forward Masking
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# URL Forward Masking

 *  [pcgk64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcgk64/)
 * (@pcgk64)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-forward-masking/)
 * I installed a two-page WordPress site (built on the Thesis theme) a few days 
   ago, then set my client’s nameservers at GoDaddy to do a URL forward mask to 
   the WP site index. The redirect appears to be working as it should; however, 
   now, there’s no accessing the WP control panel (dashboard) or pages. When attempting
   either to directly reach the site URL ([http://pamelitaandparker.com](http://pamelitaandparker.com))
   or the URL to which that address is being forwarded ([http://pamelitaandparker.com/wordpress2/](http://pamelitaandparker.com/wordpress2/)),
   the following error message is encountered:
 * > **“This website is temporarily unavailable, please try again later.”**
 * This has been the case for over 24 hours. Can anyone PLEASE shed light on this?
   There is a time sensitivity issue regarding this site going live.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Go Daddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdhosting/)
 * (@gdhosting)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-forward-masking/#post-1613977)
 * pcgk64,
 * When I look at the site [http://pamelitaandparker.com](http://pamelitaandparker.com),
   it looks as though the domain name is pointing directly to the hosting account
   as it has the default “This Website is Coming Soon” page.
 * When I try to pull up [http://pamelitaandparker.com/wordpress2](http://pamelitaandparker.com/wordpress2),
   I’m getting a page not found, which generally indicates that there is no valid
   index file in the directory.
 * If you are installing WordPress into the root directory of [http://pamelitaandparker.com](http://pamelitaandparker.com)
   instead of into the /wordpress2 folder, you can alleviate any need for forwarding
   of the domain.
 * You may have already spoken with support regarding this issue, but I wanted to
   address it here in case you were still having any further questions.
 * ^Cj

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 * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/)
 * [thesis theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thesis-theme/)
 * [wordpress site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-site/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Go Daddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdhosting/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-forward-masking/#post-1613977)
 * Status: not resolved

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