[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16002: Static homepage not displaying as expected in 3.1-RC1

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#16002: Static homepage not displaying as expected in 3.1-RC1
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 Reporter:  donalmacarthur  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General         |    Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  static homepage
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 I've noticed that if I set a static page as my homepage in 3.1-RC1, the
 page does not display as the site's front page. Instead the blog page is
 shown. If I revert to 3.03, the static homepage displays as expected.

 I've tried this in two themes, including the copy of Twenty Ten bundled
 with 3.1-RC1, and the behaviour is identical in both.

 There are a number of posts on the issue on the support forums here:
 [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-home-page-not-showing-31]

 The problem seems to be related to the permalink structure used. I've been
 doing some experimenting and this is the behaviour I've noticed so far:

 If I use the default permalink structure (or any of the preset options),
 the problem disappears and the static homepage works as expected.

 If I set a custom permalink structure with the format /%postname%/ or
 /%category%/%postname%/ the problem reappears.

 If I set a custom permalink structure with the format
 /articles/%postname%/ the problem disappears.

 It seems that including a static element in the custom permalink solves
 the problem, whatever it is.

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