Re: index.htm renamed to index.html

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From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:46:59 -0500

Ok, so does Apache support unique default documents on a per web basis or is
it server wide?

If it is server wide, then the user has to rename his home page that which
is required by the web host, unless it can be set in the .htaccess file or
whatever is use to configure a web site on Apache. 

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"Steve Easton" <admin@95isalive.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Thomas,
> the poster is running on Apache/UNIX
>
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> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eOarUxq7DHA.804@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > As for changing the order of the names in the default document list (at
> > least under a Windows IIS on 2000 or 2003 server), the setting can be
set
> > uniquely for each web site hosted.
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> > "Orest Kinasevych" <6al9-jb8e@spamex.com> wrote in message
> > news:8PAVb.1910$N76.3987@news1.mts.net...
> > > Steve Easton wrote:
> > > > The problem is the server.
> > > > FP renames the file as per the server requirements.
> > > > If you forced FP to leave the file name unchanged
> > > > a visitor would receive a 404 error, as the server would not
> > > > "see" the default file in the root directory.
> > > >
> > >
> > > We're not any closer to a solution to our original correspondent's
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > His insistence on keeping the file naming scheme that he has
instituted
> > > on his web site is perfectly understandable and reasonable.
> > >
> > > Whether or not his decision generates 404 errors is not the issue.
> > > Besides missing the point, your insistence that a 404 error *would*
> > > occur is wrong.  It *might* occur if "index.htm" isn't listed in the
> > > Apache DirectoryIndex directive.  (See
> > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex for an
> > > explanation.)
> > >
> > > However, by the information already conveyed in this thread, it sounds
> > > like "index.htm" might well be listed in the DirectoryIndex directive.
> > > In an earlier post, Thomas A. Rowe suggested that "index.htm" ought to
> > > be moved to the top of the default document list.  However, changing
the
> > > order of DirectoryIndex file names in an operational -- and very
likely
> > > shared -- web hosting environment can potentially break many, many web
> > > sites already on the server.
> > >
> > > The issue is that there is some mechanism, somewhere, that is renaming
> > > his files.  Whatever mechanism it is, it is making the blatantly
> > > incorrect assumption that our correspondent would appreciate having
his
> > > files renamed.  This renaming feature is the root of the stated
problem
> > > and is the issue that one would hope that the MVP FrontPage "experts"
> > > would be informed enough to answer directly, if they can answer it at
> all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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