Index.html is not the first page??

[Guest]

Hi all, I'm not actually using frontpage at the moment, using dreamweaver but
figured somebody reading this may beable to help me with my problem.

After publishing my site to ftp, I then looked at it. There is a white
screen listing all the folders I just published (directory). Why doesn't
index.html show/ come up when I type in my web address? All the study guides
do not explain this. I'm gutted.

Jack and Jill type answers only please. Many Thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You home page must be named as required by your web host.

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[Guest]

I have named it index.html though - what they say

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

But is the file name in the right case?

Under Unix/Linux OS, index.html, Index.html or consider to be two separate files.

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[Andrew Murray]

index.html indeed may *not* be your "Home page. It is whatever the host
admin sets it to be

e.g. it could be any one of the following:
default.asp
default.html
default.htm
home.html
home.htm
index.html
index.htm

Did you publish a file called "index.html"? I would try "index.htm" and see
if that helps.
as index.html is not necessarily your automatic home page. Check with your
host.

 

[Guest]

Did you type in .html. Maybe It could be index.html.html.
Louis Johnson