static front page plus separate blog

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

This is a new install.

I switched the theme to Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve with no results.

There is currently no content and no active plugins. Akismet is inactive. I have deleted it, but that did not change anything.

I reset the plugins folder following the instructions above, but that did not change anything either. I still get a white page that says “Index of /blog”

Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.

Because of an error I made (inadvertently changed the WordPress Address URL and this was the only way I could figure out how to be able to access my blog again), I had to add two lines to my wp-config.php. I added:

define(‘WP_HOME’,’https://purposefulgift.com’);
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’https://purposefulgift.com’);

Would this cause a problem with where the blog shows up? Or, is there a way to add another line that specifies where the blog should be?

No – that entry in your wp-config.php file would not cause this problem. and you cannot add anything else to point to the Blog page. All of the settings needed are in Settings -> Reading -> Front page displays

Can we see the site using the Twenty Twelve theme with no active plugins?;

Reset theme to Twenty Twelve. Will contact host about mod_rewrite

Is your root .htaccess file being updated?

checked with host and they said mod_rewrite is running

how do I see if .htaccess is being updated? I know I have one in my directory and I see another that is a backup.

FTP into your site (or whatever file management application your host provides) & download a copy of the current .htaccess file using a plain text editor.

here’s my .htaccess file

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Well that looks fine. What happens if you use the default permalink structure?

Just changed Permalinks to default option. I got a blog page!

But…why is that happening? Can you think of any other work around so I don’t have website pages that are all just numbers?

why is that happening?

It would seem that mod_rewrite is either not running on your server or it’s not configured correctly. You need to get back to your hosts on this one.

what specifically should I ask/tell them?