SharePoint 2016 Subsite renders code instead of actual content

Question

I am running an On Premises instance of SharePoint 2016. I am trying to create a subsite with a blog layout and followed the general instructions to do so.

However after the process was completed, the browser navigated to http://servername/blog/default.aspx, but is merely and only showing me the default.aspx code, as opposed to rendering the information that should be displayed.

Below is a screenshot:

At this point, I can't help but feel like I am missing something...as straight forward as the process seems.

Any insight into this issue?

Answer 1

It seemed to be the cahce or something. I ran an iisreset after several hours of trying to figure it out..and that worked. Subsequent sub sites showed no similar behaviours though.

Rather interesting.