Title: Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Internal Server Error

 *  [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/)
 * We want one of our static pages to serve as the first page of the site. On the
   first page of the General Settings I tried setting
 * WordPress address: [http://www.ourdomain.com/blog](http://www.ourdomain.com/blog)
 * Blog address: [http://www.ourdomain.com](http://www.ourdomain.com)
 * Then on the Reading page I selected a static page and designated which one to
   use. After I saved I got this message:
 * > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
   > to complete your request.
 * I can’t get back into the site at all, including the admin, so I don’t know how
   I can go about getting the settings at least back to normal
 * Please help! The whole site is down.

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-864988)
 * Don’t change the urls unless you have [moved wordpress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
   You’ll have to reset you wordpress and blog urls back with these [instructions](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/).
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865064)
 * The reason I was trying to change those url’s is that presently all our files
   have the folder name “blog” following the domain name. We want to get rid of 
   that. I tried doing that by altering permalinks individually, but had no luck.
   Should we just be resolving to move wordpress to the root? Is that the only/best
   solution, or is there some other way?
 *  [vietknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vietknight/)
 * (@vietknight)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865082)
 * You should read what Jeremy posted. Your permalinks will automatically change
   if you use this method
 * [Moving WordPress Within Your Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site)
 * > We want one of our static pages to serve as the first page of the site.
 * After reading your post more carefully, I think you want to put your wordpress
   in the root directory, but when you access your site you want the first page 
   to show your website.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/166522?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/166522?replies=5)
 * From that thread, as moshu has stated, this cannot be done.
 * However, I guess you could try editing the .htaccess to load a certain page, 
   see the link:
 * [http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/11943.htm](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/11943.htm)
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865087)
 * You can follow [these directions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Giving_WordPress_its_Own_Directory_While_Leaving_the_WordPress_Index_File_in_the_Root_Directory)
   to move the wordpress files and have the blog show in the root
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865126)
 * Re: “Moving WordPress Within Your Site” instructions:
 * I had already already uploaded a copy of wordpress to the root, getting ready
   for the move. Should I delete all that and start over? Or can it be salvaged?
   Other than the wp-content folder and the configs what really changes? Wouldn’t
   it be the same considerations as upgrading? (I just did that last week on another
   site.)
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865167)
 * I got the wordpress files moved over to the root and everything looks good, except
   for one small detail. I can either see the static ‘home’ page (by selecting that
   in the settings > reading) or I can see the blog when requesting either [http://www.ourdomain.com](http://www.ourdomain.com)
   or [http://www.ourdomain.com/index.php](http://www.ourdomain.com/index.php) if
   that’s what I’ve got selected in the settings. I don’t know how to call up the
   blog when the static page is the default. What should I do?
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865170)
 * The .htaccess on the root reads:
 * > #
   >  # BEGIN WordPress # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> # RewriteEngine On # RewriteBase/#
   > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #
   > RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # </IfModule> #
   > #
   >  # END WordPress #
 * The index.php reads:
 * > <?php
   >  /* Short and sweet */ define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true); require(‘./wp-blog-
   > header.php’); ?>
 * Does that look right? Is there anything else controlling the site’s default page
   that could be amiss?
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865192)
 * Okay, so now I’m thinking maybe I just leave the blog page as default in the 
   settings, and add an .htaccess that will redirect [http://www.ourdomain.net/](http://www.ourdomain.net/)
   to the home page.
 * I’ve tried
 * Redirect 301 /addiva.net [http://www.addiva.net/home/](http://www.addiva.net/home/)
 * and
 * DirectoryIndex /home/
 * and all kind of variations and nothing is working.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865193)
 * > _I don’t know how to call up the blog when the static page is the default. 
   > What should I do? _
 * Well, for starters… instead of over-complicating everything and screwing up your
   website again – you should get familiar with the tool you are using. On the very
   same page where you set the “home” as your “frontpage” select ANOTHER (existing,
   empty) Page as your “posts page”. Done.
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865194)
 * I’ve got it to work, thanks. But something odd occurred. First I saved an empty
   page called ‘blog’ and set that as the default posts page. When I tried to call
   it up, I got an “Index of . . . ” broken page. I tried again, this time making
   a file named ‘test’ and it worked properly. Is there some reason that a file 
   name of ‘blog’ shouldn’t be used?
 * Also, I tried to find something about this in the Codex, but couldn’t. Does anybody
   know of any documentation on this? If someone hadn’t told me about creating an
   empty Page to do this, I would have never guessed it.
 * Thanks for the help. Yes, finally, I’m done with this.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865203)
 * File or Page? It’s not he same…
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865205)
 * A Page, not a post.
 * That dropdown menu only lists Pages.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865206)
 * I didn’t ask about “posts”. You were mentioning [Pages](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages)
   and **files** as if they were interchangeable. They are not.
 * As for the initial question: do you have a folder or a file named in the same
   way as your Page? i.e. “blog? – If yes, remove it.
 *  Thread Starter [keress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keress/)
 * (@keress)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-17/#post-865241)
 * There’s an old, near empty folder called blog way down off the root. Would that
   be it?

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