static front page plus separate blog

  • I’m trying to set up a static front page and separate blog page using Weaver II theme. The webpage is https://purposefulgift.com/.

    I created two separate pages: Welcome and Blog. The Blog page is empty except the title and uses the default template.

    In the Reading Settings tab, I have “static page” selected, and I’ve designated the Front page as “Welcome” and the Posts page as “Blog.”

    The blog didn’t show up, so I started searching for an answer. One of the instructions I read said to change the permalink settings. I’ve tried Post name. Another said to use Custom Structure and change it to https://purposefulgift.com/blog/%postname%/

    Neither of these worked. I can’t get the blog to show anything but “Index of /blog”. How do I get this to work correctly?

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  • Send them a copy of your .htaccess file, tell them that this file is not being parsed by the server and could they please check their mod_rewrite settings on your server.

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    they checked and said mod_rewrite settings are on seem to be set correctly. Basically, no help.

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    I also just tried to change my Permalink settings to blog.php/%postname%/ (didn’t put in the php before), but that didn’t work either

    Then I’m sorry but I wouldn’t trust your hosts as far as I could throw them. The fact that the site works just fine with the default links but not custom permalinks (with a correct .htaccess file) points to only one thing – a problem with mod_rewrite on the server. Have they explained why the server is apparently unable to parse your .htaccess file?

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    No answer. Just that it is working for my other websites on the same server.

    What about this solution (Permalinks without mod_rewrite) on this page, https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Using_only_.25postname.25

    Is this a Linux or Windows server?

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    Linux

    Then – no. That’s a solution specifically for Windows servers.

    On the face of it, there is no reason why your custom permalinks shouldn’t be working – unless there is a server issue. Are you sure that all of your other sites are on the same physical server? Or are they just with the same hosts?

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    Don’t know if they’re on the same physical server. I’ll have to contact them again to find out.

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    they say all the sites are on the same physical server

    Then I cannot account for your current problems. As far as I can tell, it’s a server issue – not a WordPress one. Everything on your site checks out OK.

    Thread Starter mariaelkins

    (@mariaelkins)

    ok, thanks! I’ll leave this thread open and will keep trying with my host. Hopefully I’ll be able to add a success story later.

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