Trouble with Help Instructions for Creating Web Site

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AA Smith

When I follow FP 2002's Help instructions to create a WebSite the program
does not create a Default.htm or Home Page like Help says it will. Instead,
it creates an index.htm. Why does that happen? Is an Index.htm essentially
the same as a Default.htm? Can either one serve the same purpose?

I shall very much appreciate your feedback on this.
 
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JDR

Dick,

index.htm and default.htm will act as a default home page, as will
default.asp, index.html, index.php, etc..

Your host / web server will be configured to look for standard default home
pages, so if you use index.htm for your home page that should be fine.

I have seen cases where the Unix / Apache servers did not recognize an
index.htm file, but renaming index.html solved that issue.

You could always double check with your host, but in general using an
index.htm file as your default home page should be no problem.

JDR
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A

AA Smith

Ok, thanks Rob. I appreciate your feedback very much.
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith
[email protected]

"Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®)" <[email protected]>
wrote in message Depends on the server your hosted on.

index.htm, index.html, default.htm, default.html are the common defaults -
just let FP create the index.htm and if you need to change it to what your
server requires it's no big deal.


| When I follow FP 2002's Help instructions to create a WebSite the program
| does not create a Default.htm or Home Page like Help says it will.
Instead,
| it creates an index.htm. Why does that happen? Is an Index.htm
essentially
| the same as a Default.htm? Can either one serve the same purpose?
|
| I shall very much appreciate your feedback on this.
| --
| With kindest regards,
|
| Dick Smith
| [email protected]
|
|
 
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Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]

What the name of the deault page should be depends on the Server in use.
FP will automatically rename it when Publishing if necessary. If no
Server is in use the default page will be index.htm.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
 
A

AA Smith

Re: Trouble with Help Instructions for Creating Web SiteAh, ha! Now I see. Thank you very much Jens!
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith
[email protected]
What the name of the deault page should be depends on the Server in use. FP will automatically rename it when Publishing if necessary. If no Server is in use the default page will be index.htm.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
 
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