Interesting. I went to http://www.alanfinn.com/index.php and it said ‘No input file specified.’
That usually means you don’t have an index.php file uploaded. Check for that.
Did you delete index.html from your server? This file will precede index.php. Make sure you have index.php installed cause WordPress can’t work without it.
Websites need and index page but index.html will take over index.php if it’s still on the server.
Thanks for replying,
I have deleted index.html and made sure index.php is in the root directory, now when I go to http://www.alanfinn.com/index.php all I get is a blank page…
any other ideas?
Did you reload index.php?
yep, have reloaded it… still just get a blank page.
Where is your website hosted?
In my WP admin screen, should I set the wordpress address (url) to http://www.alanfinn.com/index.php or something like that?
At the moment blog address and WP address are set to http://www.alanfinn.com.
It’s hosted at one.com,
do I have to ask them to change any settings at their end?
No, it should be http://www.alanfinn.com
What’s the content of your index.php file?
index.php file is as follows;
<?php
/**
* Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
* wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
*
* @package WordPress
*/
/**
* Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
*
* @var bool
*/
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>
Okay, that’s good.
Are yuo using a special theme or the default 2010?
A blank white page like that means a php error.
If this is a fresh WordPress install, you may have missed some files & folders or have them in the wrong place.
Default theme for now, I’ll be using ‘vigilance’ theme once this is all up and running, but best keep it simple at first.
Hi Andrea,
I’ve re-uploaded all files & folders, lifting them straight from the unzipped WordPress folder and dropping them into my root folder.
Sorted. It turned out that the wp-blog-header.php file was indeed missing.
I discovered that turning on ‘php error messages’ on my server control panel was very helpful because instead of getting a blank page, an error message comes up saying exactly which file(s) are missing.
Thanks everyone for your help!
