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  1. polentical
    Member

    I have one recent post from Monday which appears in my dashboard as published, appears on my front page, and also is listed in the most recent posts, but when clicked on it comes up as "404 Page Not Found." Could anyone advise me on why that might have happened, and what I could do to fix the error?

    The blog I need help with is polentical.com.

  2. timethief
    Member

    That's odd and I have flagged this thread for Staff attention.

  3. jackiedana
    Staff

    This is a strange issue indeed. We'll take a look at it and get back to you asap.

  4. ncprism
    Member

    Hey, that's what's happening to my new second blog! It appears in recent posts, even listed on FB...but no access!

  5. jackiedana
    Staff

    @ncprism can you post a link to a page on your site that's displaying the same error? If it's happening on other blogs it might be easier to track down.

  6. justpi
    Member

    @polentical: That's because the date you gave to the post is April 31:
    http://polentical.com/2012/04/31/rachel-maddow-on-the-republican-war-against-democracy/
    April 31 doesn't exist, so the title link has turned to May 1, but then the URLs don't match. Edit the post and correct the datestamp.

  7. thesacredpath
    Member

    @Panos... good catch!

  8. jackiedana
    Staff

    Those were some sharp eyes... a few of us looked at it and none of us caught that. Bravo!

  9. polentical
    Member

    First off, thank you very much to everyone who looked into this! I appreciate it greatly. @justpi, thank you in particular.

    I couldn't change the timestamp because 4/31 turns out not to exist! That was presumably my error in the first place. So I copied the old post into a new post, backdated it to 5/1, and erased my attempt to post on a date that does not exist.

  10. ncprism
    Member

    will try...this is very strange

  11. ncprism
    Member

    Your search - ncsundog.wordpress.com - did not match any documents.

    Suggestions:

    Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
    Try different keywords.
    Try more general keywords.

  12. ncprism
    Member

    http://ncsundog.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/hello-world/

    that's the link for the page through wordpress

    the other is copied from trying to find the blog through mozilla browser

  13. timethief
    Member

    @ncprism
    Please post an active link starting with http:// to the exact blog your need help with. then clearly state exactly what you need help with. Spamming these forums will result in very bad Karma.

  14. ncprism
    Member

    can't find the 404 today...found it after searching last night...if I find it again I will place a link here

  15. timethief
    Member

    @ncprism
    I apologize for misunderstanding your posts above. Whenever anyone derletes the Hello World placeholder post from their new blog a 404 (page not found) error message appears. It disappears immediately after they publish a post, not a page.

  16. timethief
    Member

    edit: "derletes" was meant to be "deletes"

  17. semperfisiberians
    Member

    I just tried publishing a new post. When I hit preview, I get "Page Not Found"

    I did not delete anything like the Hello World placeholder. Can you help?

    http://semperfisiberians.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=410&action=edit&message=10#

  18. semperfisiberians
    Member

    I apologize. I just went back and tried it again for the fifth time and it is now working!

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