Home page not working- OOPS That page cannot be found

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    thefatblogsite · Member ·

    So ive just started on this and created a fitness blog for something to do in my spare time, and all is going well… However, when anyone other than me (when im logged in) looks for the blog, it will load up the home page and the theme and even some content, however bang in the middle there’s a message that says OOPS that page cannot be found. As far as i am aware this is the only page with the problem, others with no wordpress account can assess my blog and read them as well as look at my other pages, it only seems to be the home page which is rather annoying!!

    If it helps i am on the free plan!

    Thanks
    Leon

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    You need to get up close and personal with the theme set up instructions and the support docs.

    The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multi user software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes

    Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/themes/karuna/ That’s where set up instructions for it are found. The live demo site is at https://karunademo.wordpress.com/

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    thefatblogsite · Member ·

    Thanks for your reply, ive tried the options for setting the home page as a static page, however it does not let me choose the home page, only the other pages.

    Any ideas? Will i have to start a new blog? Thanks

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    timethief · Member ·

    This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
    (1) All posts on the front page ie. the Home page. By default that is the URL of the site.

    (2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.

    By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors, who come to read your latest post, and who are not likely to be happy with being compelled to click through the same static page with the same blah, blah, blah on it every time they visit the blog looking for the latest post.

    However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts. Create your pages first
    Front page:
    Posts page:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

    After you do that you go to > Dashboard > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

    A static page (select below)
    Front page:
    Posts page:

    Go to http://egsd.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php and make the required change.

    Front page displays
    Save changes
    __ Your latest posts

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    Hi @thefatblogsite, I see you now have your home page set as your static front page. Do you need additional help with this?

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