homepage link goes to index folder

Original Message

Name: Redbamboo
Date: March 8, 2007 at 09:36:51 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder
OS: win98
CPU/Ram: 512
Model/Manufacturer: HP

Comment:

I'm setting up a website using Coffecup and everything is working pretty good.
HOWEVER;
when I actually click on my link it goes to my INDEX folder and shows my different folders for setting up the website,
INSTEAD;
of just going straight to my homepage,
I keep fiddiling but it keeps going backwards,
Any clues or areas I should be looking at, just get me started on the right path and I'll fix it,
Red Bam Boo :)

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Response Number 1

Name: Michael J (by mjdamato)
Date: March 8, 2007 at 10:04:45 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

Reply: (edit)

Where does the link point to? is it a valid path to an actual file?
As far as showing your folders, you need to do 2 things.
1) Create an index or default page (i.e. index.htm or something similar.).
2) In the web server configuration you need to identify the default page types. Typically you can identify multiple pages and the server will look for those pages in order till it finds a match. So you could do something like "index.htm, home.htm, default.htm, index.php, etc...". otherwise when you just give a folder path as the URL the server doesn't know what page to provide.
You can also disable folder browsing within the web server configuration as well for added security.
Michael J

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Response Number 2

Name: Redbamboo
Date: March 19, 2007 at 15:33:25 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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Ok,
I've figured out everything and at least have this working but one issue remains.
If I save my homepage link and click on it again ...... this works, that link ends in "homepage.htm" ......so that part works,
But if I use the link I set the website up with it goes to my index,
So obviously the homepage.htm link is what I want for my website,and they need to be switched,
How do I do that?
Do I have to take down the website and republish that link that works?
Or use my website editor to update and republish that link,
your thoughts,
:)

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Response Number 3

Name: Michael J (by mjdamato)
Date: March 19, 2007 at 18:37:24 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

Reply: (edit)

You need to set up homepage.htm to come before index.htm in the default pages.
Michael J

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Response Number 4

Name: Redbamboo
Date: March 19, 2007 at 21:43:37 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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Thanks Mike,
I have a folder, call it 'My Webpage', inside it are the 'html' pages, folders for animation, buttons,images, etc, , that is the index that comes up first. The first file link in the index is 'parent directory' when you click on that it goes to the website provider.
The hyperlink [homepage.htm] for the homepage is in the list, how can I make it the default page as you say?
I know I have to make it the default but can't put my finger on it ..... Can you take me through it from there.
Thanks,
:)

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Response Number 5

Name: Michael J (by mjdamato)
Date: March 20, 2007 at 08:45:04 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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I'm not sure what further help I can provide as i do not have access to your particular environments. It appears you are dealing with 2 different environments. The one on your machine using CoffeCup and one for your provider's web server.
You would need to configure both environments so that the default pages you want to use are properly configured. I don't have any experience with coffeeCup, so I cannot provide any instructions there. Plus, I don't know what kind of server your hosting company is running and if they have an interface for you to customize the default files. They may not even have that option.
Personally I would highly suggest you use index.htm as the default folder. That is the "universal" standard. By going with a different default file you would need to reconfigure any time you moved to a different environment.
There is one other option though. If you do not use index.htm then you could simply create one and have it redirect to homepage.htm.
Michael J

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Response Number 6

Name: Redbamboo
Date: March 20, 2007 at 19:26:04 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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Mike,
Your right, there is no index.htm file in any subdirectories and that I believe is the problem, there is no default to the homepage and everyone gets to see the index folder with all the webpage folders ..... FIRST.
Just explain the creation of the index.htm / that will default to the homepage...
Rename the 'homepage' hyperlink to 'index.htm'?? add that link to all folders?

thanks for all your help,
:)

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Response Number 7

Name: Michael J (by mjdamato)
Date: March 20, 2007 at 20:13:53 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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Well, if it were me I would rename the homepage.htm to index.htm and make sure all lnks pointing to the original filename were updated.
An alternative, but not one that I would recommend, would be to create an index.htm file and have just the following in it:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=homepage.htm" />
</head>
</html>
Michael J

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Response Number 8

Name: Redbamboo
Date: March 23, 2007 at 16:11:04 Pacific
Subject: homepage link goes to index folder

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Mike ..........
Renaming the homepage to INDEX.HTM has solved the problem ,,,
Thanks for your help in pinpointing this for me,
:)

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