After installation

Sounds like there is still an index.html file in your root directory. See if that’s there and delete it.

You should only have an index.php in the root.

Johnathan: Thanks for the reply. This post was apparently initiated by someone from my service provider as it is a paraphrasing of a request I sent to them. I have yet to hear from them, but I have tried your suggestion. Indeed there was an index.html file in the root of the public directory. I deleted it but the problem persists. In response to a suggestion in the WordPress documentation, I also examined the .htaccess file which was present in the same directory but empty. I added this text “DirectoryIndex index.php” (less quotes) to that file but still no joy. I appreciate your tolerance of stupid questions from a rank beginner.

@eyetube: It is impolite and contrary to forum policy to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own. Please post your own topic.

Sorry, I did not intend to offend. I will start another topic

Thanx everyone. Interesting thing is that from another PC my webpage is running normally, but from my PC I still get the same “under construction” message. I will try to remove index.html file.

Try emptying your browser’s cache.

Thanx esmi, that was it!