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Getting ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

by Peter Thomas
9 replies
Hello Warriors,

I uploaded via FTP WP to my Hostgator server.

According to wordpress.org, I am in step 4:

Step 4: Upload the files

Now you will need to decide where on your domain you'd like your WordPress-powered site to appear:
  • In the root directory of your web site. (For example, Example Domain)
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I did the above.

Then, I did the step 5 as below:

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Step 5: Run the Install Script

Point a web browser to start the installation script.
  • If you placed the WordPress files in the root directory, you should visit: Example Domain
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Now, I am getting the message:

Getting ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

According to WP site, they instructed me to do as follows:

Setup configuration file
If WordPress can't find the wp-config.php file, it will tell you and offer to try to create and edit the file itself. (You can do also do this directly by loading wp-admin/setup-config.php in your web browser.) WordPress will ask you the database details and write them to a new wp-config.php file

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Still, I am getting the msg:

ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Peter.
#404 #error #found #page
  • Profile picture of the author gkuang2
    i had this problem a couple of months back. Are you using hostgator? I just contacted them and they fixed it for me. They offer great service, so you should contact them.
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    • Profile picture of the author Peter Thomas
      Thank you, will do now.
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    • Profile picture of the author herdfan2005
      If your using Host Gator and cpanel just use the Quick Install feature.
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      • Profile picture of the author Peter Thomas
        Thank you herdfan2005.

        I politely decline to do so. I have been advised by people here to do manual install, that's what I am doing.

        Regards,
        Peter.
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        • Profile picture of the author kaisoft
          Hi I am not sure why you prefer to do manually
          fantistico will do the install in seconds
          But you should be able to see where the config file has ended up
          in your ftp software or your file manager in the file section in cPanel

          so you should be able to get there by creating the address

          YourDomainName.com/FolderIfAny/wp-admin/setup-config.php
          Change YourDomainName.com to your website url
          and if you have installed in a directory then us the correct folder name

          In Root
          http://YOURDOMAIN.com/wp-admin/setup-config.php

          In Directory
          http://YOURDOMAIN.com/FOLDER/wp-admin/setup-config.php

          Change capitalized word to correct address
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          • Profile picture of the author Peter Thomas
            Okay Warriors,

            I had installed installed WP on root directory instead of at public_html. I corrected that and now I am facing following problem:

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            Now, I am getting the error msg:

            Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation.

            I am on step 5 from wordpress.org:

            Step 5: Run the Install Script



            Point a web browser to start the installation script.
            • If you placed the WordPress files in the root directory, you should visit: Example Domain
            I already followed instructions and changed the file name to wp-config.php
            and entered my dbuser, user and password in that file.

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            What am I doing wrong?

            Thanks,
            Peter.
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            • Profile picture of the author kaisoft
              Hi Peter

              Looks Like you have changed the name of wp-config-sample.php
              towp-config.php on the site

              So you no longer have a copy wp-config-sample.php on the siteIf this is the casethen upload the a copy ofthe wp-config-sample.php file from you computer to the
              website root folder

              so you will have the edited renamed file and wp-config.php and wp-config-sample.php in the same folder

              which is precisely what the error message is telling you to do

              Good luck
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              • Profile picture of the author Peter Thomas
                Thank you kaisoft.

                So, I need to have both the wp-config-sample.php and wp-config.php?

                I will try that tonight when I get home from work.

                Peter.
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                • Profile picture of the author kaisoft
                  Hi Peter

                  Are you up and running
                  just interested
                  I have hit plenty of brick walls myself
                  the difference between working or not can be so small
                  and quite often very simple once you know

                  These days I like to find a video tutorial watch it from start to finish
                  then stop and start it and follow along is small stages
                  Works for me
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