Index.html is not the first page??

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James Randall

Hi all, I'm not actually using frontpage at the moment, using dreamweaver but
figured somebody reading this may beable to help me with my problem.

After publishing my site to ftp, I then looked at it. There is a white
screen listing all the folders I just published (directory). Why doesn't
index.html show/ come up when I type in my web address? All the study guides
do not explain this. I'm gutted.

Jack and Jill type answers only please. Many Thanks.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You home page must be named as required by your web host.

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Thomas A. Rowe

But is the file name in the right case?

Under Unix/Linux OS, index.html, Index.html or consider to be two separate files.

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Andrew Murray

index.html indeed may *not* be your "Home page. It is whatever the host
admin sets it to be

e.g. it could be any one of the following:
default.asp
default.html
default.htm
home.html
home.htm
index.html
index.htm

Did you publish a file called "index.html"? I would try "index.htm" and see
if that helps.
as index.html is not necessarily your automatic home page. Check with your
host.
 
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