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ceeyahd1 Joined: Feb 06, 2004
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Posted: 08/09/2006 06:15 pm
Hi All, I am back for expert advice. I was in the process of updating my website but as usual I did something stupid and attempted to restore everything back to the way it was, the problem I am having is when I enter my address either by www.site address or http//:site address I get an error message and the only way I can go to my homepage is to end it with index.html. I have checked my other website to see what I have done wrong but I see no difference. What did I do wrong? Thaks for your help. |
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dudibob Joined: Oct 13, 2005
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Posted: 08/10/2006 07:28 am
ok, so if you type in www.domain.com you get an error page but if you type in www.domain.com/index.html it works!? it sounds to me like you've somehow managed to get rid of a setting on a server that tells it if anyone types in www.domain.com it'll serve a certain page, such as index.html are you on Apache or Windows hosting? |
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g1smd Moderator
Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 08/10/2006 01:37 pm
Look for the DirectoryIndex directive located either in the httpd.conf or in the .htaccess file. Make sure that you do have the filename that you use for the default index page name listed in that directive. |
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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 08/13/2006 08:50 pm
Do you have use of your own server? If so, have you edited any files in the “/path/to/Apache2/conf” (where “/path/to” would be the higher up directories) directory? Did you edit the “DirectoryIndex” directive in httpd.conf? If so, you could change it to this:
That way it will treat each one of those variations as the default home page. As for “index.html.var”, don't ask me about that one as it was set up that way by default when I installed apache on my computer. ------- g1smd, question: Is “DirectoryIndex” also a valid directive within “.htaccess” file? |
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kaulbr Joined: Mar 15, 2006
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Posted: 08/14/2006 01:09 pm
I once worked with a server where the index page would only show automatically if it was saved with a ".htm" extension and not a ".html" extension. Just a possible suggestion but I'm sure it's not that simple. |
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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 08/26/2006 09:15 pm
Are the various directives/commands found in httpd.conf also valid for the “.htaccess” file?
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g1smd Moderator
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Posted: 08/27/2006 02:08 am
The stuff in .htaccess applies to the folder it is in. The stuff in httpd.conf is global for the site, (or sites if there is more than one on the server). |
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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 08/31/2006 03:26 am
So basically many of the directives that work in httpd.conf will also work in .htaccess for the single site for which it controls, right? |
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g1smd Moderator
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Posted: 08/31/2006 04:52 pm
Many will. Check the Apache documentation at http://apache.org/ for the exact details. |
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