new page automatically links to static homepage

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  caitlinquinnwebb · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 6:35 pm

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  Hi all,
  I’m creating a new main page and the preview before publishing shows the correct data and layout. Once I publish and then go view the live site – the page links directly to the main page. I have tried on several browsers and different computers, so it can’t be a weird cache issue. I’ve ensured that I don’t have a redirect link saved anywhere in the page settings or appearance>menu. And I’ve tried deleting and starting fresh multiple times. What could be causing this?
  Thanks for any help!

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 8:10 pm

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  @caitlinquinnwebb

  You need to set your site’s static Front Page here:

  https://goldandgraceblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php

  Front Page

  Let us know if you have any more questions :-)

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  caitlinquinnwebb · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 11:38 pm

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  thanks! And sorry it auto-filled my webpage – it’s actually shopgoldandgrace.com that needs help.

  Should I try what you’ve mentioned above even if all other new pages react perfectly? For some reason it is shopgoldandgrace/shop that never works – currently using shopgoldandgrace.com/shop-2 and it’s working fine.

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  wolfeyes1 · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 11:46 pm

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  You could try trashing the shopgoldandgrace/shop page (don’t delete it yet) then going to the shopgoldandgrace.com/shop-2 page and changing the url to shopgoldandgrace/shop. If it doesn’t work then restore the /shop page until someone else can help.

  I had to do this a couple of times and it worked like a charm for me. YMMV.

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  caitlinquinnwebb · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 11:59 pm

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  Thanks wolfeyes1! I tried that with no luck. When I change the name to shop instead of shop-2, it redirects to home page, and when I change it back it shows properly.

  I also tried deleting both and starting form scratch for that page several times.

  Any new page with a different name reacts fine – so weird!

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 12:03 am

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  You cannot name a page the same as an existing page. If you trash a page, you still need to wait 48 hours before you can name a page the same name.

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  caitlinquinnwebb · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 12:07 am

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  Thank you! I was permanently deleting but not waiting 48 hours. I will try it!!

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 2:24 pm

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  @caitlinquinnwebb

  You’ve reached support for the free blogs hosted at WordPress.com. The site you’ve indicated, shopgoldandgrace.com, is running a self-hosted/installed version of WordPress (using the free WordPress.org software).

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities. You can read more about that here:

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  http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

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