maghms

Dear shadez,

I fiddled around and realised settings–>reading–>
and specifying my choice page as static the static front page resolved my problems! Previously I had specified another page as the front page. I guess that is why I can never specify another page’s permalink to /home. My problem is solved.

I’m beginner and do not understand about slug & DB column etc.. but I really appreciate your pointers.

Thank you very much!

Dear shadez,

Thanks for your suggestion.

I had totally lost the original homepage when I accidentally deleted it. It was no longer in my dashboard–>appearance–>menu. That was when I looked up threads in these forum and followed the steps I had listed in my original post. And I’m stuck with these questions:
How do I either properly restore my deleted home that permalink /home points to?
OR
How now to create the new homepage that I can name the permalink as just /home?

Any suggestions, please?