renaming index.htm

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Sari

My ISP says my main file name has to be index.html;
otherwise, when I publish changes to this page it doesn't
work. The only way I can edit this page is to do it from
Explorer, but then I don't have the current version in
Frontpage. If I rename index.htm to index.html, I end up
with 2 identical pages. If I delete index.htm and make
index.html my homepage, it renames it to index.htm. How
can I keep this named index.html and keep it designated
as my homepage?
 
Sari said:
My ISP says my main file name has to be index.html;
otherwise, when I publish changes to this page it doesn't
work. The only way I can edit this page is to do it from
Explorer, but then I don't have the current version in
Frontpage. If I rename index.htm to index.html, I end up
with 2 identical pages. If I delete index.htm and make
index.html my homepage, it renames it to index.htm. How
can I keep this named index.html and keep it designated
as my homepage?
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Can't you just go into FrontPage and open up the page then hit save as
and call it index.html?
 
don't do it from Explorer! do it from within FP.

| My ISP says my main file name has to be index.html;
| otherwise, when I publish changes to this page it doesn't
| work. The only way I can edit this page is to do it from
| Explorer, but then I don't have the current version in
| Frontpage. If I rename index.htm to index.html, I end up
| with 2 identical pages. If I delete index.htm and make
| index.html my homepage, it renames it to index.htm. How
| can I keep this named index.html and keep it designated
| as my homepage?
 
I usually just make different versions of the index page in FP and give them
slightly different names, like index2.htm, index3.htm etc. Then when I'm
sure I want one to be the real index page, I rename it index.htm (by right
clicking on it and selecting Rename.) Then FP updates any links I made to
the page under the old name, and we're set to go.
 
You should be able to do it through the frontpage.

1. Is the webserver hosted on a Unix environment
2. check this up with Your isp, these kind of problem happense with
frontpage server extension and unix file system
 
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