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WP site running fine, except for blank, vibrating home page (7 posts)

  1. kehote
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I'm new to WP but I've been able to get it installed, add content, etc., but even though all my pages show up fine if they're like this:

    http://www.donkehote.com/2012/03/01/how-i-learned-to-never-barter-for-landscaping/

    ...but if you simply type in this:

    http://www.donkehote.com

    ...all you get is a blank white home page that has a vibrating URL like it's trying to load something but it's stuck in a weird loop.

    Please help!

  2. duck__boy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    You must have a redirect on the page (has to be before any conntent is output). Look for any code that says either redirect() or wp_redirect() in your header.php or index.php page.

  3. kehote
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Sorry for being such a newbie, but how exactly do I do that? Thanks for your help!

  4. kehote
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Is there any way to fix this without losing all my content and starting from scratch?

  5. duck__boy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    You need to have a look in your theme folder at the index.php and header.php files (and propably functions.php as well) - Search for the code I posted above, and if there is any, post that section of code back here and we'll help you figure out if it shoul be there or not.

    Thanks.

  6. esmi
    Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Try:
    - switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme's folder in wp-content/themes and adding "-old" to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    - resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

  7. kehote
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Thanks for all your replies everyone, but I'm lost. With my workload I just don't have time to figure this out, as it's all greek to me. I've tried to figure out how to view the source code for the files "wp-blog-header.php" and "index.php" and all I get is this:

    <?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');
    ?>

    I'm done spinning my wheels. I'm going to search my local craigslist for a wordpress programmer that I can pay to help me fix this. Thanks again!

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