After disabling frontpage module I can't view my root page of website

try typing in this: http://www.example.com/admin and go to site configuration -> site information. sounds like you either didn't uninstall correctly or change the default front page from front_page to node

I hope this feedback is useful.

The module did exactly what I needed, so thanks for it!

The client doesn't want a landing page any longer (the landing page was just for a launch). So, I tried turning the module off. I have the same situation - it seems to still override the home page.

I've tried changing the home page in Site Information, made a panel page and set it to be the home page (which changed the Site Information), but to no avail. I disabled the front module. I also tried keeping it enabled, and changing the setting to not activate it (not putting "front_page" in the configuration). And various combinations of all this.

My guess is that the module did something to cause the Admin - Site Config - Site Information front page setting to be ignored, and that this change has not been reversed via any of the above methods; therefore the Site Information home page setting continues to be ignored.

I'm thinking of looking in the database to try and change this there.

Any suggestions? I notice a comment about uninstalling correctly. I did disable the module, but when I looked to uninstall, it was not listed among the modules available for uninstall (after disabling). Is there any other thing to do when uninstalling the module?

Thanks.

More info: (this is all with the Front Page module disabled)

I tried changing Site Information to another page, not the one I wanted; but this worked!

The one I wanted though still isn't working. Here is what is special about it.

It's path is /home.

It was the path Front Page redirected all home links to after coming in via the landing page.

I tried changing the path of this same page to /asdf, but there was no difference.

It is a panel page.

So perhaps the reason this particular page won't work as the home page, instead of the default node, is that it was used previously for the redirect as above.

Another piece of information is that IF I set this page to the home page in site information, then I can't even go to it by typing the URL in the address bar. But as soon as I make some other page (path) the default in site information, then I CAN type this path in the address bar and get to it. (I tested this behavior for both the /home and /asdf versions of the page, confirming the same behavior for both.)

I tried creating another page by exporting the /home page, and importing the resulting code into another panels page. This other page resulted in the same behavior I described above.

So, I wonder, if this is something specific to panels pages?

On a development server I tested one additional step - removing the front page module code. This seemed to work.

Beyond setting the default front page to something other than "front_page" and then disabling the module, the removal of the module code was what did the trick for me.

The 6.x version of "Front page" is not maintained any more. This issue is closed for this reason.
Please upgrade to a supported version of the module and re-open if you still have the issue.

I suspect this issue might crop up again.

I'm migrating a D6 site that uses the Front Page module. I can't uninstall the Front Page module correctly and have experienced a nearly identical experience as documented by @snowmountain. I've even upgraded to the 6.2-x version and tried to uninstall it but it will not relinquish control over the front page routing.

I've run about a dozen migration tests on this particular site and although the new Drupal 8 site doesn't use the Front Page module, a Front Page variable is migrated from the Drupal 6 site which breaks the Drupal 8 router. The only fix I have found is to create a front_page alias on the Drupal 8 site to the page you wish to have as the front page. It is not optimal but it is a workaround until something better can be found.

Andrew