The webpage cannot be found
message when you click on About Me on your SharePoint 2013 site or How to create the My Site in SharePoint 2013
Issue: "The webpage cannot be found" message when
we click on About Me on SharePoint 2013
site.
Cause: It’s because of, That you haven't yet configured your site for
My Sites. In this article, I walk you through the steps you need to
configure My Sites in SharePoint 2013
Resolution: Please follow the below steps to create the My Sites
in SharePoint 2013 and get rid of error message.
1. Go to Central Administration >Application Management->
site collections-> Create site collections
2. Create a sub-site with the My Host Site template from
the Enterprise tab as pictured below
3. Go to Central Administration > Manage service
applications > Manage Profile Service > User Profile Service Application
and select Setup My Sites:
4. In My Site Host location, type the URL address which was created in
Step1:
5. In Location, enter the following text: sites/mysite/Personal
6. Go to Web Applications Management and select the Web
application to configure My Site > Add Managed Paths:
7.
In Path,
type the text we entered including personal sites/mysite/Personal
8.
Click Add
Path:
9. Next, click Self-Service Site Creation on the
Ribbon, and under "Allow users to create site collections in defined URL
namespaces," select On.
10.
After you have
completed the steps above, test to see that configuration was properly
completed by returning to the home page and clicking on About Me in the header:
11.
This will
successfully redirect to your My Site:
