Clicking on a weblink returns a 404 error

: Joel Lipman; Joomla; 06 November 2009; Hits: 6673

If you are in the administration panel and you are editing your weblinks and you come across this error:

"404 - An error has occurred.

Joomla! was unable to locate the stated resource."

Just check that the category the link is in is published.

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