Answers.Body: <p>It turned out that when I deleted <code>news/</code> from the entry URL format, I also deleted it from the entry template path as well because I misunderstood what that field was for (and forgot to revert that change when everything broke).</p>
  
  <p>Thanks to @Brad for drawing my attention to it.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've broken my news channel but I don't know how I did it, or consequently to fix it.</p>
  
  <p>If one clicks on 'I just installed Craft' or 'Continue reading', it will take you to the URL I specified in the Section settings using the Craft control panel, but it results in a 404. </p>
  
  <p>It didn't do this at first, then (I think this is when it broke) I changed the entry URL format from <code>news/{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}</code> to just <code>{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}</code>. After I got the 404s assumed I couldn't do that so I changed it back, but it's still broken.</p>
  
  <p>I'm quite new to this kind of thing so I apologise if I'm wasting anyone's time. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: So the section's URL format is now news/{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}?  What's the section's path to the template set to?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
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Comments.Text: Oh, thank you so much for this Brad. It was set to '_entry', but only after seeing your comment did it click for me that this wasn't right. I've since changed it to 'news/_entry' and it's fixed now. I don't think I can mark your comment as an answer, should I write it up myself or do you want to?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ian Janes
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Comments.Text: You can go ahead and answer and get the rep if you want.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Tags: <url><routes><routing><404-page><channels>
Title: Channel URL Format leads to 404s for individual entries
ThreadText: # Channel URL Format leads to 404s for individual entries
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-15)
  
  I've broken my news channel but I don't know how I did it, or consequently to fix it.
  
  If one clicks on 'I just installed Craft' or 'Continue reading', it will take you to the URL I specified in the Section settings using the Craft control panel, but it results in a 404.
  
  It didn't do this at first, then (I think this is when it broke) I changed the entry URL format from `news/{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}` to just `{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}`. After I got the 404s assumed I couldn't do that so I changed it back, but it's still broken.
  
  I'm quite new to this kind of thing so I apologise if I'm wasting anyone's time. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** url, routes, routing, 404-page, channels
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: So the section's URL format is now news/{postDate.year}/{postDate.month}/{slug}?  What's the section's path to the template set to?  
  > **username_0**: Oh, thank you so much for this username_1. It was set to '_entry', but only after seeing your comment did it click for me that this wasn't right. I've since changed it to 'news/_entry' and it's fixed now. I don't think I can mark your comment as an answer, should I write it up myself or do you want to?  
  > **username_1**: You can go ahead and answer and get the rep if you want.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-08-15. Score: 3
  
  It turned out that when I deleted `news/` from the entry URL format, I also deleted it from the entry template path as well because I misunderstood what that field was for (and forgot to revert that change when everything broke).
  
  Thanks to @username_1 for drawing my attention to it.
  
  
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