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Homepage Not Showing in Wordpress

by sonnyboy
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Hi Guys,

I have a problem that has just arisen in the last couple of days. I have a Wordpress blog HERE that will not now show the homepage. All it shows is a blank page.

This problem appeared only after I had installed the Dupliterminator programme onto the hosting account that this site is hosted with. Could this have caused this problem?

Anyway, I have since removed Dupliterminator but the homepage still does not show. I can access other pages from the dashboard, and the radio buttons at the top all work EXCEPT the home one.

Anyone any ideas?

P.S. I will leave THIS link to another page as the link above just goes to a blank page for me and might do for everyone.
#homepage #showing #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author pc101seo
    try to make your home page a "Page not Post" and make it priority Order "0"

    By default, WordPress shows your most recent Posts on the front page of your site. But many WordPress users want to have a static front page or splash page as the front page instead. This "static front page" look is common for those who wish to not have a "blog" look to their site, giving it a more CMS (content management system) feel.

    When you create a static front page for your site, you must also create a way for WordPress to show your most recent posts in a "virtual directory" called blog, news, or whatever else you choose to call it. This is true whether or not you are actually using Posts in WordPress.
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  • Profile picture of the author K_tir
    I had a similar problem. I deleted the "log" file which was located in the root folder. After that started my blog to function normally again
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    • Profile picture of the author sonnyboy
      Originally Posted by K_tir View Post

      I had a similar problem. I deleted the "log" file which was located in the root folder. After that started my blog to function normally again
      Do you mean the log file of my blog?
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  • Profile picture of the author AnthonyKrese
    Go into your themes files. Have a look at index.php...is there any code?
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    • Profile picture of the author sonnyboy
      Originally Posted by AnthonyKrese View Post

      Go into your themes files. Have a look at index.php...is there any code?
      Hi Anthony,

      If I am in the right place, yes, there is code there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Leslie B
    Try checking the index.php file in the directory for this domain, on your hosting. First, check if there is only a index.php file, or if there is also an index.html file. If the second one is there, delete it. That might solve the issue. If it doesn't, or if there isn't an index.html file, see what kind of code there is in the index.php file, I'm betting it's empty. If it is, download wordpress if you don't have it on your computer, unzip it, and upload the index.php file to your directory.

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    • Profile picture of the author sonnyboy
      Originally Posted by Leslie B View Post

      Try checking the index.php file in the directory for this domain, on your hosting. First, check if there is only a index.php file, or if there is also an index.html file. If the second one is there, delete it. That might solve the issue. If it doesn't, or if there isn't an index.html file, see what kind of code there is in the index.php file, I'm betting it's empty. If it is, download wordpress if you don't have it on your computer, unzip it, and upload the index.php file to your directory.

      Leslie
      Hi Leslie,

      The index.html file was there and when I deleted it that did indeed solve the problem. Thanks very much.

      Now what I want to know is was the index.html file always there, if not, how is it there now, and why did this problem only happen recently?

      Gordon.
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  • Profile picture of the author andreasnrb
    Change your wp-config.php and add the following at the top after "*/".
    define('WP_DEBUG', true);
    ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
    error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
    You'll get a lot of information about stuff not working.
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  • Profile picture of the author Leslie B
    Hi Gordon,

    Wordpress doesn't have an index.html file, only an index.php file. Because you mentioned installing another script on your hosting and the issue occuring after you did that, it lead me to believe that that was what happens. I think the script created the index.html file and it didn't get deleted when you removed the script. The issue lies in the fact that the index.html will be shown in favor of the php version.

    Hope that makes sense

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    • Profile picture of the author sonnyboy
      Hi Leslie,

      Yes that makes sense. As the problem didn't arise until after I had installed the other programme I was thinking along those lines, but didn't know where to look.

      Thanks again, it is appreciated.

      Gordon.
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