Title: Front end problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Front end problem

 *  [creationrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creationrobot/)
 * (@creationrobot)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/)
 * I used the maintenance script ([http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/))
   to set the splash page during my upgrade to WP 2.5. Now that I have deactivated
   the script my site no longer displays the front page, see [http://www.creationrobot.com](http://www.creationrobot.com),
   the backend is all working, see [http://www.creationrobot.com/2008/03/pavane-the-first-steampunk/](http://www.creationrobot.com/2008/03/pavane-the-first-steampunk/)
 * How do I repair the site after using the maintenance script? What changes did
   it make?

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 *  [Nathan Rice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanrice/)
 * (@nathanrice)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728030)
 * we need much more information than that.
 * Are you using a custom home page?
    Have you modified your template?
 * Also, paste the code from the index.php file in your theme folder.
 *  Thread Starter [creationrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creationrobot/)
 * (@creationrobot)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728033)
 * OK, thanks. The home page is custom (index.php), the template is not modified.
   The theme in use is Cutline ([http://cutline.tubetorial.com/](http://cutline.tubetorial.com/)).
 * The index.php is as follows:
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
 *  <div id=”content_box”>
 *  <div id=”content” class=”posts”>
 * <p ><div style=”margin:10px;” align=”middle”>
    <script type=”text/javascript”
   ><!– google_ad_client = “pub-6614090734036311”; /* 468×60, created 2/22/08 HomePage*/
   google_ad_slot = “2730902168”; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //–
   > </script> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”[http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”&gt](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”&gt);
   </script></div></p>
 *  <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
 *  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 * </h2>
    <h4><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?><!– by <?php the_author() ?> –> · <?php
   comments_popup_link(‘No Comments’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?></h4> <div class
   =”entry”> <?php the_content(‘[Read more →]’); ?> </div> <p class=”tagged”><span
   class=”add_comment”><?php comments_popup_link(‘→ No Comments’, ‘→ 1 Comment’,‘
   → % Comments’); ?></span>**Category:** <?php the_category(‘ · ‘) ?></p> <div 
   class=”clear”></div>
 *  <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/navigation.php’); ?>
 *  <?php else : ?>
 *  <h2 class=”page_header center”>Not Found</h2>
    <div class=”entry”> <p class=”
   center”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.</p> <?php include(
   TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?> </div>
 *  <?php endif; ?>
 *  </div>
 *  <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 *  </div>
 * <?php get_footer(); ?>
 *  [Nathan Rice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanrice/)
 * (@nathanrice)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728036)
 * not sure if the forum here removed formatting or not, but this doesn’t look right:
 *     ```
       <h2>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       ```
   
 * It should look more like this:
 *     ```
       <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       ```
   
 * Anyway, take a look at your Admin > Settings > Reading and make sure you don’t
   have a static home page or posts page specified.
 *  Thread Starter [creationrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creationrobot/)
 * (@creationrobot)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728040)
 * Thanks nathanrice, the forum removed the formatting. I then checked the reading
   setting and it is set to Posts, not to a specific page.
 * I’ve tried setting the site to the default template and it does the same thing,
   so the issue is not template based.
 *  [Nathan Rice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanrice/)
 * (@nathanrice)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728045)
 * have any plugins installed? Your category archive seems to be working fine. If
   it’s not a plugin conflict, then you may have me stumped.
 *  Thread Starter [creationrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creationrobot/)
 * (@creationrobot)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728049)
 * Interesting, nothing seemed to conflict and yet deactivating all plugins seems
   so have cured the issue. Should have done that earlier, but no matter. I’m going
   to go through the plugins and post back here with which plugin kills things. 
   Just so this thread has some use for someone else 🙂
 * Thanks again nathanrice, the assistance is appreciated.
 *  [Nathan Rice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanrice/)
 * (@nathanrice)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728050)
 * you bet. once you figure out which plugin caused the problem, post back here 
   and mark this thread as resolved.
 *  Thread Starter [creationrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creationrobot/)
 * (@creationrobot)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-problem/#post-728056)
 * OK, so the cache is disabled, so no interference from that. I then activated 
   one plugin at a time, followed by shift-F5. Every plugin I had running before
   is now running again and … no conflict or problem. Deactivating and reactivating
   all my plugins ‘cured’ whatever the problem was. I’ve not heard of that one before
   but, well, whatever. Might be something useful for someone else to try in a similar
   position.
 * “The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there’s
   no law against whacking them around a little.” — Joe Martin

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