Trouble setting up wagtail.org locally (Docker + homepage routing)

[mdrafi28]

Hi I’m trying to set up the wagtail.org repo locally to start contributing and I’m running into some setup issues.
I followed the Docker Compose setup in the README (make setup, make start, make runserver) and can access the Wagtail admin successfully. However:

Visiting http://localhost:8000 still shows the default “Welcome to your new Wagtail site” page.
I created a HomePage via the admin using the homepage-specific model and set it as the Site root (localhost:8000, default site).
The page publishes, but I’m still not seeing the wagtail.org frontend.
Additionally, Docker Desktop on Windows + WSL has been unstable for me, sometimes not reopening after closing, which may be related.
Is there any recommended workflow or additional step for setting up the wagtail.org homepage locally (especially on Windows/WSL), or a known pitfall I might be missing?

Any guidance would be appreciated
Thanks!

[mdrafi28]

The issue was that the wagtail.org frontend is not served from the default Wagtail root page. Following the wagtail.org-specific setup (including the correct HomePage model, fixtures, and page tree) and running the frontend pages accordingly resolved the problem. Once that was in place, the frontend rendered correctly at localhost:8000.

Closing this discussion.