404 page not found problem after wordpress install

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after i purchased a domain on namesilo and a hosting on host wind i installed wordpress with softaculous,after the installation i go to /wp-admin but it displays 404 page not found,does anyone know how to solve this problem?
thx
 
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Have you changed the nameservers? How long since setup? If all else fails, hit up your hosting live chat support :)
 
i reinstalled wordpress but still same problem,i purchased the domain 1 week ago and the hosting yesterday,i tried the 1st installation of wordpress 4 hours ago.....
could it be that i have to wait for a few days to let the hosting propagate?

i didnt change the name server,maybe this is the problem
 
ok, but have you updated the nameservers? Yes, you do need to wait for propogation. Can you get in contact with your hosting support??

EDIT: Yes, please update your name servers - this should fix the problem, then wait for propogation.
 
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Change your permalinks to the default then check. I am sure it will solve the problem. Then revert back to the permalink structure you had before.
 
404 error has no relation with propagation. 404 means your site is ready but the content you are looking is not located there. So check carefully.

Are you getting a "server not found" or a "404" error?

From wikipedia:

The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with a given server, but the server could not find what was requested.

The web site hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors users can find on the web.[1]

A 404 error should not be confused with "server not found" or similar errors, in which a connection to the destination server could not be made at all. A 404 error indicates that the requested resource may be available again in the future; however, the fact does not
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im getting 404 page not found...
anyway i changed the servernames with the host winds' ones.im waiting now :P
 
If you installed using sofalicious make sure you didnt prefix your database. some of those quick installs can do that

for example check www.yoursite.com/wp and see if its there.
 
host wind gave me a temporany url for the website,if i enter it appears a html page,maybe all i have to do is wait :)
it's my first time trying to install wordpress haha

tried with prefix too but it appears the same page
 
Duffers5000 said:
If you installed using sofalicious make sure you didnt prefix your database. some of those quick installs can do that

for example check www.yoursite.com/wp and see if its there.
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^^^^^This

Happened to me once and took me about an hour to find out why I couldn't access my site at xxxxxxxxx.com because it was at xxxxxxxxx.com/wp. For some unknown reason some of the auto installers installs in a subfolder rather than the root. You have to check carefully before you click the start installation button.
 
yeah,it works now thx everyone for the help :)
 
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