But if you are using the FP design time components associated w/ the Navigation View, FP will rename the home page file name on
publishing, but will not correct the broken nav view links (nav bars)
- so you need to have your local and remote home page file names identical
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| The name of the default home page is irrelevant, except to the web server.
| This is how it works:
|
| A web server (regardless of the make) can configure a default home page file
| name, or more than one. A default home page file name is used when a
| request comes in for a URL without specifying a file, such as
|
http://www.takempis.com. The example URL is the top-level or root folder of
| my web site. Since no page file name is specified, the web server looks for
| a file that has the same name as at least one of the default home page file
| names. If it finds one, it returns that page. If not, and it Directory
| Browsing is permitted, it will return a page with a list of all files in
| that folder, with a link on each file to open it. If Directory Browsing is
| NOT allowed, it will return an error message.
|
| Web servers today can be configured with any default home page file name
| that is desired by the Administrator of the web server.
|
| FrontPage can query the web server to find out what the default home page
| file name(s) are, and when you publish, it will rename the home page on your
| local machine to the name of the default home page on the remote server.
| Changing the name of the page just confuses the issue, because now the page
| doesn't have the name of the default home page on your local machine, and
| FrontPage can't know that it is indeed the home page (it can only tell by
| the file name).
|
| Therefore, your best bet would be to let FrontPage do the thinking for you,
| and name the home page to whatever it deems appropriate.
|
| On the other hand, if you just WANT it to be something else, you would have
| to contact the Administrator of your web site and have him/her change or add
| the default home page file name you specify. However, be aware that the
| effect of this would only make you feel better; other than that, it changes
| nothing.
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| Big things are made up
| of lots of little things.
|
|
|
| | > I built a 30 page web with FrontPage. It shows the homepage as
| default.htm.
| >
| > Looks like most webhosts use linux/unix servers that use index.html for
| the
| > home page.
| >
| > I tried to rename default to index on my computer but that demolished my
| > navigation links.
| >
| > I am using FP extensions and most webhosts seem to use them too.
| >
| > What is the best way of dealing with this problem?
| > --
| >
| > Walter
| > The Happy Iconoclast
www.rationality.net
| > -
| >
| >
|
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