Title: Default Page Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Default Page Error

 *  Resolved [tces76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tces76/)
 * (@tces76)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/)
 * Hello,
 * I recently installed and everything was successful. I can login to the admin 
   site and create posts, categories, users, etc. However when attempting to view
   the default site (/index.php) I get a Page Not Displayed Error. Firefox says 
   the page isn’t redirecting properly. I don’t believe it’s an issue with the absolute
   paths as everything is intalled in the root directory of the web server.
 * /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
    if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) ) 
   define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);
 * /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-
   settings.php’); ?>
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks,
 * Tom

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 *  [longpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longpat/)
 * (@longpat)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563269)
 * I get the same behaviour as you, except I do not get the error message. Instead
   I get the dir listing.
 * I have installed 3.0 on apache 2.2 on localhost on my windows laptop with php
   5
 *  Thread Starter [tces76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tces76/)
 * (@tces76)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563282)
 * Can you get to the admin pages?
 * If you are getting the directory listing it might be looking for a default page
   like index.html not index.php. What happens if you enter “/index.php” after localhost?
 *  [longpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longpat/)
 * (@longpat)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563289)
 * Yes, I was able to get to wp-admin/index.php but not the rest of the site.
 * I have fixed it now by adding index.php to the welcome file list in my apache
   httpd.conf file
 *     ```
       #
       # DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
       # is requested.
       #
       <IfModule dir_module>
           DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 *  [Dan Cole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancole/)
 * (@dancole)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563290)
 * Because you said the back-end of WordPress, I think it’s a problem with [permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
   and how your server handles requested pages.
 * If the /index.php loads when you actually have that in the URL, but not when 
   it’s gone, then you need to add mod_rewrite rules to your PHP config file. When
   their isn’t a particular file name in the URL, your server assumes a file according
   to the DirectoryIndex in the PHP config file or the .htaccess file.
 * Can you post the address of your website. This might help.
 *  Thread Starter [tces76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tces76/)
 * (@tces76)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563295)
 * it’s “[https://secure.radioflyerlink.com&#8221](https://secure.radioflyerlink.com&#8221);
 * thanks
 *  Thread Starter [tces76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tces76/)
 * (@tces76)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563298)
 * though I believe you were responding to longpat….
 *  [Dan Cole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancole/)
 * (@dancole)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563300)
 * I’m not an expert when it comes to HTTPS and SSL. Maybe you can file an answer
   under the [https tag](http://wordpress.org/tags/https) in the WordPress Support
   Forum. I think your problem is due to it being a secure page request.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Dan Cole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancole/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-page-error/#post-1563300)
 * Status: resolved

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