Blank root page when not logged in

[oliverx]

Hello,

I develop a site with processwire. It's my first one with this cms and so far I like it very much. However, I get a strange behavior.

In Firefox, I get a blank root page when not logged in as admin. Getting a sub-page is no problem.

Apache access log shows a 404 error.

In Chrome, I always get a blank root page, no matter if logged in or not. Getting a sub-page is no problem.

Apache access log shows a 404 error.

The site is not in /var/www but below my home directory. My apache config looks like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName af-processwire.localdomain
    ServerAlias af-processwire
    ServerAdmin oliver@localhost

    DocumentRoot /home/oliver/workspaces/audio-frames/processwire

    <Directory /home/oliver/workspaces/audio-frames/processwire/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel debug

    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    
</VirtualHost>

My config.php (What I think is relevant):

$config->chmodDir = '0775'; // permission for directories created by ProcessWire
$config->chmodFile = '0664'; // permission for files created by ProcessWire

$config->httpHosts = array('af-processwire');
 

Permissions are:

owner: oliver (me, with write access)

group: www-data (Apache, with write access)

What's going on here? Is this something of a rooting problem?

Regards Oliver

[LostKobrakai]

I doubt this being a filesystem / apache problem, as then no pages would work at all. What are your access settings on the home template?

[horst]

Yes, check the access-settings on your home template, and / or check if you really have a template file present for it in directory site/templates. (Have you deleted / moved the templatefile by accident? Or have you renamed the filename?)

[oliverx]

Thank you for your quick answers. LostKobrakai was right, it had nothing to do with permission but was a multilanguage problem.

I was under the impression, that the default language, being english, is somehow carved in stone. Because I wanted german to be my default language, I therefore installed german, made it hidden and locked, so that it would not appear in pages. The trouble started as I configured the guest user to use that hidden language.

Now I have deleted german as a separate language and dropped the german translation files onto the default language. That seems to work so far.