Arhive and 404 pages not displaying

  • Hi Everyone,
    Just tinkering with a new theme design. I created archive.php and 404.php files from scratch. When I try to load them by calling them directly in my browser I get a file not found message (ironic that not even the 404 page comes up). The rest of the pages work perfectly so I think it’s strange that these two files are not displaying. But they are present in the server, so how can that be? Final note: WordPress is installed in a subdomain, but I don’t think that’s the problem.
    Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • When I try to load them by calling them directly in my browser I get a file not found message

    That’s the wrong way to test them. You can test the 404 by simply entering a non-existent page/post url in your browser’s address bar.

    Thread Starter crisjb

    (@crisjb)

    I tried that and it still doesn’t work. Neither the Archive.php or 404.php file.

    Thread Starter crisjb

    (@crisjb)

    So I tried calling the same files with the default theme and had the same problem. So that makes it a server issue, not a theme issue. maybe .htaccess, or it could be because it’s located in a subdomain.

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