Problem solved: in my vhosts file I had this line within the site’s information
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html
I changed it to
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php
and now all is good. Simple fixes always seem to be the hardest to find (for me anyway).
That is a fair question (I used to work tech support, so I’m understand asking the obvious). There is an index.php and clicking it just displays the file list again.
I also meant to add that the login page works, but after entering the login credentials, I get the file list for the admin directory. Going to the installer script, it says that WP is installed and gives me a link to the login page.
I guess I should have also mentioned that this happened while transitioning to a new server. All works fine on the old server (Ubuntu based) but the new server (Arch based) has these issues. The domain name should be fine as I have set the old domain name in my host file to point to the new server (lets me test without committing the DNS info).
