Why is my homepage showing up 404 not found?

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  newportfoodies · Member · Aug 17, 2016 at 9:52 pm

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  Hi there.

  I’m having trouble with the homepage of my blog- if anyone goes to ‘https://newportlocal.wordpress.com/’ it comes up as error 404 Not Found. The only time I can see the homepage is when I’m logged into the admin panel. This is a big problem for me because I can’t effectively link to the website. I tried finding help online but most fixes were for people who have the upgraded WordPress and can fool around with the coding. Any thoughts on how I can fix the problem?

  Thanks for any help!

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 17, 2016 at 10:33 pm

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  Hi,

  The issue is the result of having the site set to display a static page on the homepage, at Customize > Static Front Page > Front page displays, but having no published page set to display there. One solution:

  • Create a static page titled “Home”
  • Assign the page “Home” as the static front page at Customize > Static Front Page > Front page displays
  • Edit the custom menu item “Home” so that its link URL is https://newportlocal.wordpress.com.
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  newportfoodies · Member · Aug 18, 2016 at 7:27 pm

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  Thank you so much, musicdoc1! Everything is fixed.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 18, 2016 at 9:01 pm

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  Excellent! You’re welcome.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 18, 2016 at 9:22 pm

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  @newportlocal,

  I find two issues which you’ll probably want to address.

  1. The “Home” item in the custom menu links to an unpublished or nonexistent page, causing a 404 error.
  2. The “Blog” item in the menu links to an empty page.

  Two ways to correct these issues:
  a. If you’re going to display the posts page on the homepage, as it is presently, then you might want to deactivate the custom menu, which will result in the default menu returning. This will result in the “Home” item linking to the homepage.
  The status of the “Blog” page can be switched to draft. Or you can delete it if you don’t plan to use it in the future.

  b. Leave the custom menu in place and activated, but fix the “Home” link, making its link URL https://newportlocal.wordpress.com/, and delete the “Blog” item from the menu. Again, it’s presently linked to an empty page, but if you link it instead to the blog (posts) page, then it would be redundant, as the “Home” item already does that job.