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Rebecca Jensen
11,580 PointsAfter creating front-page.php, when I visit my site, it is now blank.
I overwrote my index.php file and saved it as front-page.php. Added the loop content inside some divs. And now when I visit the site, it is blank.
My front page is set to static and to my "Home" page.
When I opened the Home page in the editor in Admin, I could see all the html. So I tried deleting that page and making a new, blank "Home" page to see if that would get recognized, but that didn't work.
So I tried pasting my in new html into the new Home page I created (even though I don't think that's the right answer), but I can't see that either.
Not sure where to go from here.
1 Answer
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsHi Rebecca,
Try switching on WP_DEBUG in your wp-config.php. Instead of seeing a white page, you should then see an error.
This should help you to get to the bottom of the problem. Just remember to switch it back to false once done :)
-Rich
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 PointsYes! That helped. A simple typo, I had "endswhile" instead of "endwhile".
Thanks!
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsNo problem. Glad you managed to sort it out :)
-Rich
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 PointsRebecca Jensen
11,580 PointsI moved my front-page.php file out of my folder, and the site is visible again, now that it's using index.php. But of course, I'd like to be able to use front-page.php as my front page!