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Fixing the Website Builder 404 error

Some of you might come across the error that can happen with Website Builder sites. It looks like this:

If you see this, have no fear. This is an easy fix.
Step 1: Log out of Website Builder. Everywhere. This fix will not work if the builder is still open anywhere.
Step 2: Log into your Homestead account at homestead.com and click on Websites Manager
Step 3: Choose the site that is experiencing the error from your list of sites (if you have more than one) and click "Rename"


Step 4: Click the yellow button that says "Check Availability", then click "Save"

Step 5: Go re-publish and enjoy your functional published site!
If you see this, have no fear. This is an easy fix.
Step 1: Log out of Website Builder. Everywhere. This fix will not work if the builder is still open anywhere.
Step 2: Log into your Homestead account at homestead.com and click on Websites Manager
Step 3: Choose the site that is experiencing the error from your list of sites (if you have more than one) and click "Rename"
Step 4: Click the yellow button that says "Check Availability", then click "Save"
Step 5: Go re-publish and enjoy your functional published site!
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michelle_c
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Is there something I can help with?
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tina4680
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Getting a 404 file not found message on new domain. http://www.mandalaridgeretreats.com/ Tried to rename home to index. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for any help/guidance.
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victoria1555
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I have just spend months creating a new website for my business... and purchased a domain name to go with it. When I go in to edit I choose the domain which shows as www.nibblesandsipstours.com but when I published it still showed it was publishing as www.nibblesandsipstours.homesteadcloud.com and when I search online I just get an error message for my actual domain. My deadline to have this up and going is tomorrow... how can I fix this? I also want to point my old domain to this new one and don't want to have any issues with that!
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sheli_or_kevin6559
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www.wayupinalaska.com
This website is hosted and managed by Homestead.
You can build your own website at homestead.com.
how would I go about fixing it ? Thank you :)
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irena6031
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5 years ago
You can build your own website at homestead.com.
Tried the fix at the top of this topic - doesn't work.
Urgent help needed!
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rob4902
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5 years ago
I have renamed the main page index and tried what the instructions above say to do but my website manager page doesn't give me the option to "rename"; it only says to "add domain" (see screenshot).
It has been 2 weeks and we still can't get it to work. Please help!
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brenda8330
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Hey!! Thanks. It worked perfectly.
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c0140
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4 years ago
When i follow instructions, i get an error during that process
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meredith1232
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4 years ago
I've done this four times and it still isn't working! So frustrating that I can't get my domain to point at the website for some reason.
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terry1060
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4 years ago
Alright, I read and tried but still 404
It says, "The domain www.immanuelearlville.org is currently pointing to the website immanuelearlville415
I tried the mentioned fix but no luck
Still 404
Please and Thank You
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deronjs1114671
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I'm trying to figure out how to 'unfollow' this conversation so I'll stop getting emails. :) I don't see an 'unfollow' button.
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