This is either a bug or something .... I did a clean, fresh install.
Logged in to the admin panel. Clicked "New Entry" and typed a test message, chose publish and clicked save.
The message "Serendipity is now saving your entry, creating trackbacks and performing possible XML-RPC calls. This may take a while.." appeared.
OK fine .. I waited and waited (like an hour) ...
When I went back the preview screen still did not show my new message (or any) ... and they don't show up when I bring up the blog site normally. The rest of the site, layout etc works OK ... just no messages. Blank.
What gives?