Answers.Body: <p>Did you try this?</p>
  
  <p>"If you’re getting a 404, your server might not be configured to redirect would-be 404’s to index.php correctly. Try going to <a href="http://example.com/index.php/admin">http://example.com/index.php/admin</a> or <a href="http://example.com/index.php?p=admin">http://example.com/index.php?p=admin</a> instead."</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Hi @user2381778, can you elaborate a little more on what exactly solved your problem? The examples provided by MISC are a workaround, not really a permanent solution.
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Answers.Text: just add /admin like this http://example.com/index.php/admin
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Answers.Text: I have this same issue. How would I configure the server to redirect would-be 404s to index.php?
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Answers.Text: Ah. My issue was related to my virtual host settings. I had a directory path wrong so the host was not reading my .htaccess file at all. http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/4386/url-rewrites-not-working-return-apache-404s
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Body: <p>When I browse to the public index file, I get a message that says:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Page not found</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I already configured the database and the folders have write permissions.</p>
  
  <p>What else should I check?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Is it an Apache styled 404 page or a Craft styled one? What happens when you try to run the installer (http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/installing#step-5-run-the-installer)?  Did you remember to rename your htaccess file to .htaccess?
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Tags: <install>
Title: Craft won't install
ThreadText: # Craft won't install
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-16)
  
  When I browse to the public index file, I get a message that says:
  
  > Page not found
  
  I already configured the database and the folders have write permissions.
  
  What else should I check?
  
  **Tags:** install
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Is it an Apache styled 404 page or a Craft styled one? What happens when you try to run the installer (http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/installing#step-5-run-the-installer)?  Did you remember to rename your htaccess file to .htaccess?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-07-17. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  Did you try this?
  
  "If you’re getting a 404, your server might not be configured to redirect would-be 404’s to index.php correctly. Try going to <http://example.com/index.php/admin> or <http://example.com/index.php?p=admin> instead."
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Hi @user2381778, can you elaborate a little more on what exactly solved your problem? The examples provided by username_2 are a workaround, not really a permanent solution.  
  > **username_0**: just add /admin like this http://example.com/index.php/admin  
  > **username_4**: I have this same issue. How would I configure the server to redirect would-be 404s to index.php?  
  > **username_4**: Ah. My issue was related to my virtual host settings. I had a directory path wrong so the host was not reading my .htaccess file at all. http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/4386/url-rewrites-not-working-return-apache-404s  
  
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