John,
That is very helpful detail direction. I have apache both locally and with
the host. These lines do appear in the httpd.conf file- and a long list
already:
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.wml index.pwml index.php
index.php3 index.php4
</IfModule>.
But it also instructs a search for .htaccess, and on the local server the
test site is a sub folder. So I have some fun ahead to get it to work!
Done it! Yes it works; and the main site on the local server is still OK
with its standard index.php. Simple, isn't it? When you know how...
Many thanks,
Joseph
> Joe,
>
> Don't know if you have apache as server or have access to httpd.conf, but
if
> you do have a search through the file for a line that looks like this (on
> apache 1.3.19 at any rate).
>
> <IfModule mod_dir.c>
> DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html
> </IfModule>
>
> Basically where I have entered "index.shtml index.html" tells the server
> that these are the names for default files. You could as easily have
> lala.php in this list, it just needs to be separated from the others by a
> space. The order of the list is important. if a directory has more than
one
> of the filenames in the list the one highest up the list (i.e. closest to
> the left) will get precedence.
>
> You'll need to stop and start the server for the change to take.
>
> You should find httpd.conf in a directory called conf. It depends on your
> set up exactly where it is. You should be able to edit httpd.conf in any
> plain text editor
>
> HTH,
>
> John.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: [wdvltalk] quick index.php question
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>
> > If I have www.blahdeblah.com
> > (not real - do not click, repeat do not...)
> > must the opening file be index.php (or index.html and so on) or will it
> pick
> > up say: index-blah.php (or html or whatever)
> >
> > Or is there a way of getting it to pick up any file title by specifying
it
> > on the server...
> >
> > I suspect not, but it would be nice if there was.
> >
> > Joseph Harris
> >
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