Home Page Change

[Greg]

I have tried renaming my home page from default.htm to index.html, it won't
take.
Any suggestions?
I am using fp2003.

Thanks
greg m

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

Which form does your host require?



| I have tried renaming my home page from default.htm to index.html, it won't
| take.
| Any suggestions?
| I am using fp2003.
|
| Thanks
| greg m
|
|

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

FrontPage 2003 will rename the local default file to whatever is the first
default file name choice of the server you publish it to.

What is it you're trying to do and why? I'm sure there's a solution.

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Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

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[Greg]

They are webs for schools under the main school district web. They have
been always named index.html. We moved our website to Server 2003 and now
the default for home page is default.htm. I just need to get it changed so
that the name remains index.html.

Thanks

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

You need to talk to your new host then, see if they can change it. Then you can use index.html and you'd have to get rid of the default.htm pages.

If the schools web are all on the new server then you'll need to rename any other home pages too.

| They are webs for schools under the main school district web. They have
| been always named index.html. We moved our website to Server 2003 and now
| the default for home page is default.htm. I just need to get it changed so
| that the name remains index.html.
|
| Thanks
|
|
| | > FrontPage 2003 will rename the local default file to whatever is the first
| > default file name choice of the server you publish it to.
| >
| > What is it you're trying to do and why? I'm sure there's a solution.
| >
| > --
| > Chris Leeds,
| > Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
| >
| > ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
| > a fantastic convenience for site owners.
| > http://contentseed.com/
| > --
| > | >> I have tried renaming my home page from default.htm to index.html, it
| > won't
| >> take.
| >> Any suggestions?
| >> I am using fp2003.
| >>
| >> Thanks
| >> greg m
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to open up the root web in IIS MMC, and set the default document to the name you want.

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[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

No problem, can you have the server admin change the default html file to
index.html from it's current "default.htm"?

it's done in IIS control panel.

if not I've gotten around this behavior by making the index have the name I
want it to, and putting a "dummy" default page of the name the server wants
but on the dummy, I put a meta refresh to redirect the browser to the page I
want.

btw; what's the harm in letting the page be renamed? FrontPage will update
all the links for you.

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Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
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