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I am trying to test out my 404 page locally. so when i visit http://localhost:8888/austin.kitson.orgUpdate/test which is a page that doesnt exist i dont get the wordpress 404.php page I have created but I get the browser 404 page does not exist, I swear I have done this before. Please Help.

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How many bytes do you send with that page? And what browser do you use? – toscho♦ Dec 23 '12 at 22:09
um not sure how you tell how many bytes I am sending and I am using safari. – Anders Kitson Dec 23 '12 at 22:19
Safari has a built-in 404 page? Are you really sure it is not the server page? – toscho♦ Dec 23 '12 at 22:36
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@tomJNowell it was because of permalinks could you put that as a answer so i could chooose it. – Anders Kitson Dec 24 '12 at 1:00
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Please prepare your further questions better. Much better. Before you ask make sure your assumptions about the context of the problem are valid. – toscho♦ Dec 24 '12 at 3:04
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If you're seeing the default 404 page provided by your server, instead of the WordPress theme 404 page, then it means that your .htaccess rewrite rules are not working.

Most likely, your .htaccess file has been deleted. You can easily regenerate the file by visiting the Settings > Permalinks page of your WordPress admin, choosing any permalink format besides 'default' and saving the changes.

You can read more about permalinks at the WordPress Codex

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