'Page not found' error on all pages.
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I haven’t changed anything, visited my WP hosted site today and noticed that other than the welcome page none of the links work. Attempting to access pages which are listed under pages in the admin interface gives a page not found error. Even if I try to create a new page and view it, I get the same error. Not sure what I can do to fix this, since I didn’t change anything. A google search mentions something about resetting permalinks, but given that this is WP hosted, I don’t think I can do that.
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This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) Or a static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.By default the front page of a blog displays all published posts in reverse chronological order with the most recently published post on top. When we publish a post on WordPress software the software automatically creates the same entry in the Archives, and on the dynamic (automatically updating) Categories and Tags pages in accord with the Categories and Tags we assign to that post.
So when we create custom menu and add the dynamic (automatically updating) category pages to that custom menu we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than one page.
You need to be aware that:
1. There are differences between posts and pages described here
https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/2. There are differences between static pages we bloggers create https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that will not automatically update, and dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post which will automatically update https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/.
3. We organize posts by category assignment prior to publication. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and when we publish posts the dynamic category pages they automatically display on are determined by the categories we assign to them.
So the process you need to use is:
a. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories
b. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
c. Add only the dynamic category page links into the custom menu that you want to appear in that menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages into your custom menu
https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menusPlease see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
Note your detailed theme description page at https://wordpress.com/themes/origin/ with set-up instructions and the live demo site at https://origindemo.wordpress.com/ too, please.
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@nforrin
If and only if your blog is hosted by wordpress.COM, please click this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1 and create your own thread and provide the URL of the site in question in it when you do. -
@nforrin
If you are you are referring to a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting, and if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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@timethief, while I appreciate the information you have posted to this thread, it is not relevant for the problem I am having. I understand the difference between pages and posts.
I had set up my blog accordingly, and it was working as expected. As of today, something has changed on the backend I imagine. To be clear, if in the admin interface I go to pages, create a new page, hit publish, and then click the link to “view page”, I get a page not found error. This makes no sense to me.
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This is not really an answer to the question. I’m having the same problem with the sites http://www.betweencorners.eu but not with http://www.samenwerk.eu, which is the same theme, same structure. It is just a recent thing, since it has always worked.
Please help Timethief :)
Best,
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@stephanecastel
I typed modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it. -
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http://goatcloud.com/2015/02/28/how-to-fix-unexpected-wordpress-404-page-not-found-errors/ I have found this instructive video about resetting the permalinks, though I cannot find the permalinks under Settings!? It simply is not there…
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Yes it seems to be something to do with permalinks, but this is exactly the problem, if you have a site hosted on wordpress.com, the permalink setting option is not available, so you can’t fix it.
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@samenwerk
This is wordpress.COM support.We do not provide support for wordpress.ORG software installs here and what posted will confuse others.
Permalink structure on wordpress.com blogs cannot be changed.
Remove your email address from the sidebar tags because spammers and phishers to use it and it’s a waste of Staff time to have them remove it.
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@stephanecastel
Do not get into back and forth discussion with other bloggers, please. What samenwerk posted a link to is not helpful, as you noted above. This is a wide-spread issue here at wordpress.COM. Just wait for Staff to fix the issue. -
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@timetheif, this is an issue that has come up in a few cases. We’re working to fix it across the board, but if you see this come up, please let us know. Also, folks won’t need separate threads necessarily, but we do need to know the affected site. Thanks for your help!
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@betweencorners, I’ve fixed this on your sites as well, however the masked domain forwarders you have on these can potentially cause other issues, particularly with search engines and bookmarking.
I recommend either using an unmasked forwarder (exposing the .wordpress.com address) or domain mapping.
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@samenwerk I wasn’t sure whether you were having trouble with your other sites as well, so I’ve applied a fix to each of them.
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