It means it is performing what is generally called a 404. There could be a few reasons for this.

Firstly – go to the forum admin > Integration > Page and permalink panel. At the top – make sure that the correct WP page is selected to display the forum on. The one we create as a default is just called ‘forum’ but you may have changed it. Once you have selected the page – click on the Update Forum permalink button. Try the forum again.

Another reason this can happen is the use of a Redirection Plugin (such as ‘Permalink Redirect’ for example) . If you have installed one of these for any reason then you will need to exclude the forum page from it which is usually an option.

A third possibility is if you are using the Yoast SEO plugin. If you are then turn on the option to allow what it calls ‘ugly permalinks’.

Another possibility is that you have a sub-folder in your website with the same name as the forum page (i.e., a folder named ‘forum’). If so then try renaming it.

If none of the above – open the forum front page and hover the mouse cursor over a link to check that the permalinks are being created correctly. This will prove that the correct link is being requested bit something is blocking it. If this is the case I would ask your hosting company if they have added ‘mod_security’ to your site and ask if this could be the cause of the problem.

Thanks I checked on the suggestions above and none seem to have affected the problem.

The links on the forum page are the same links they’ve always been only instead of showing the posts, it gives “Page Not Found” error.

The thing is we haven’t changed anything and this used to work.  So I’m thinking that a problem has happened with a plugin that we  use.  I just tried disabling all plugins and that didn’t work either.  

So I’ll ask about “mod_security” and see if that’s the issue as this problem may have shown up after we moved the site to it’s current host.

Rodney

It looks like mod security was already disabled.  So I have no idea what to do now.  Any more suggestions?

what other plugins? yoast seo with redirect ugly permalinks causes problems… no caching plugins, right?

can you provide link info so we can take a look?  please pm myself, yellow swordfish and BrandonC… and include a link to this topic…

We are not using SEO plugins nor caching plugins or plugins that change our permalinks.  

Also I tried disabling plugins except for Simple Press and it did not improve the situation.

I’m using Buddypress and the Buddy Boss Theme if that helps.

Here’s the URL of our site but since it’s a paid membership site you won’t be able to see anything without a login.

http://www.lefkoetraining.com

I’ll create a login for you so you can see the site for yourself.

Rodney

I sent a PM to you and Yellow Swordfish but I was not able to PM Brandon C.  I typed in his name but it did not autocomplete.

Thanks for your help.

Rodney

I have sent you a PM reply…

It looks like nothing has worked so far.  Is there any way to create an error log that would allow you to see why I’m getting the “Page Not Found” issue.  I’m thinking that if this continues I’ll have to stop using Simple Press.

Rodney

Steve has been having problems accessing and logging into your site I believe. I will check with him in case he has been in touch with you that I am unaware of. But if not can you please check those credentials once again. He seems to be having similar problems to the ones I had when I first tried.

last night, the site wasnt even there for 2 hours…  but yes, was having issues logging in earlier…  will look again today…