[Fix] Product Link return 404 error; New category/product not showing up!

Posted by admin on December 3, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |

I have notice that more and more people are setting up magento-powered stores but keep running into road blocks. For those who manage to install magento successfully, i believe you may run into one of these problems mentioned in this post.

Here are two common problems i have seen and this simple solution will probably fix 90% of these problems.

Problem #1:

I’ve managed to install Magento.  I’ve created a test catagory and a test product but they don’t appear on the home page.  What am i doing wrong?

Problem #2:

When i click on one of my product link, it return a 404 page not error.

Solution:

Try clear your store’s cache by following this steps:

Go to “System” > “Cache management”, under “Catalog Rewrites” and click ‘refresh’ .

Now, go back to your store’s frontend and try click on one of your product link. It should show up correctly now. (*cross my finger*)