i tried changing which blocks to show on the main page and found that any changes in the admin module on the blocks made no changes. I checked the blocks module in the admin page and it showed that the blocks were showing and supposedly have been updated in the database, but didnt show up at the main page.
i tried ensuring that the check for site updates is checked in preference. There hasnt been any host changes as well. It all went well at the start.

so far these are the list of modules of the blocks that failed to show
X-forum
extcal
downloads
and some system blocks.

Thank you.

Please always provide information about version of XOOPS/PHP/MySQL.

Now to you problem. So everything is showing up, except the blocks? What theme are you using?

Have you checked to see that you and your users have permission to access the module/see the blocks in Group Admin?

Check folders write permissions. If you are using XOOPS 2.3.x check in xoops_data, if using 2.0.x check your templates_c.