Re: How do i change the default website????

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From: Ken Schaefer (kenREMOVE_at_THISadOpenStatic.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:58:38 +1000

Hmm - I'm wondering if ISA Server is proxying the old site. You might be
best off asking in an SBS group...

Cheers
Ken

"Alterastro" <Alterastro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D75B715-F5F1-4606-A8CA-3136ADA71969@microsoft.com...
: Hi Ken
:
: It makes no difference... I still on get 'Welcome to SBS'. I've done a
forced download, so I know its not just the cache I'm looking at. It's like
IIS is ignoring the 'home directory' setting in the properties. Is there
another setting somewhere that would override that?
:
: Thanks
:
: Nick
:
: "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
:
: > Hi,
: >
: > If you use the IIS Manager administrative tool, and bring up the
properties
: > for the default website. Then, on the home directory tab, you change the
: > physical location. What happens when you try to browse your site now?
: >
: > Cheers
: > Ken
: >
: >
: > "Alterastro" <Alterastro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:894296ED-337B-471D-9470-D4F450F55811@microsoft.com...
: > : Hi, I'm new to SBS2003 and hope you can help before I pull the rest of
my
: > hair out!!!!
: > :
: > : I want to change the default 'welcome to small business server 2003'
: > website to our company website, but nothing I try seems to make any
: > difference. I have changed the 'home directory' in the default website
: > properties to the new site and restarted IIS without success. I have
tried
: > all sorts of other things too, to no avail.
: > :
: > : The server has a fixed IP adress which if I change the default website
to,
: > it stops. Restarting gives the message 'The network location cannot be
: > reached'. The only thing that does seem to work is th internal
192.168.0.1
: > address, but with no effect on the website displayed.
: > :
: > : I know I'm being dumb, but could someone help me.... please!!!
: > :
: > : Thanks
: > :
: > : Nick
: >
: >
: >

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