Fix · Pages, phones and Arabic

Refreshing an inner page gives 404 (single-page app)

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What you may see

Clicking links works, but a refresh or a direct link shows 404

Most likely cause

A single-page app has only one real file (index.html); the host must send every address to it.

Check first (about two minutes)

Type an inner address directly: 404 or the app?

The fix prompt

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The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

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Prompt language

You are a senior front-end engineer who knows HTML, CSS, React, phones and Arabic right-to-left pages, and explains things to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

Menu and button names change over time. If you cannot find a button or page I mention, say so and tell me what to look for instead of guessing.

THE PROBLEM
Refreshing an inner page gives 404 (single-page app)

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
A single-page app has only one real file (index.html); the host must send every address to it.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Tell me which host serves the site and the rule it needs to send all paths to index.html (a rewrite, a redirect rule, or a fallback file).
2. Add the rule in the way the host documents, and make real missing files (images, scripts) still return 404.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- Direct links and refreshes of inner pages show the right page.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not switch to hash links as the first answer.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Tell me which host serves the site and the rule it needs to send all paths to index.html (a rewrite, a redirect rule, or a fallback file).
Add the rule in the way the host documents, and make real missing files (images, scripts) still return 404.

Do not do this

Do not redirect all files, including scripts, to the page.
Do not switch to hash links as the first answer.

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