for starters try putting this in your wp-config.php file in the WP root folder
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M');
it doesn’t always work but sometimes resolves such issues
Its called the White Screen of Death and you can Google for other solutions if that doesn’t resolve it.
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kenm37
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No luck, in fact it would give me page can not be displayed after adding it.
Did a Google search and tried a few things but no luck.
KenM
see if there is a line in your wp-config.php file (in the root folder of your WordPress installation)
define('WP_DEBUG', false);
if there is, change the word false to true (no quotes around true)
If there isn’t, add this line to the wp-config.php file
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
Save the file and refresh the website in your browser.
That should start displaying some error messages about what is wrong.
If you are not able to fix the error messages you see post them back here.
(After you get the problem resolved the word true will need to be changed to false to stop the error displays on the live site.)
sorry to butt in, i have a similar issue where any post will not show (get blank page) even though index works
i have ‘true’ and i see no error message?
@neverenoughnotes – did you try adding the memory line into wp-config.php?
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M');
if that doesn’t work you need to post a URL. The white screen can have many sources and is not always easy to track down.
neverenoughnotes
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-broked-it?replies=2#post-2042274
stick to your own thread
hijacking this one from the op doesn’t help the op any
@neverenoughnotes
In your case your home page displays fine. The case in the thread here that you entered into is very different as no pages are displaying.
It is quite likely your problem is a plugin conflict. You appear to be using many plugins.
The standard WordPress debugging routines are two. You decide which to try first.
1) change your active theme to the default 2010 theme. If the white pages display with the default theme the problem is with your theme. Reactivate your live theme.
2) disable all plugins and see if the white pages now display. if they do, you have a plugin problem. reactivate the plugins one by one, checking after each one if the page is still visible. Most likely you will find one plugin makes the displayed page go white. That is your problem. You may have to remove that plugin.
thanks – sorry OP and Samuel B 🙂
Thread Starter
kenm37
(@kenm37)
Solved….
The debug pointed me to the database.. a second NIC on the server got activated and pulled an address messing up the connection to DB. Deleted NIC updated DNS and it came back..
Thanks all
Ken
