crazy newbie back for help ...apache tgz file??? 1

[ValGraham]

ok i managed to get apache running and put a few test pages up....one problem i'm having is making the index page my site name home page. at the moment when i type in my site address i get the index page to my site with the files listed and so on. How can i put my home page there? i've tried going into apachegroup/apache/htpdconwhatever where the index html is and can't figure it out...somehow i managed to get the index to replace the apache test page. don't ask me how. And the other thing is...i'm using front page to publish to my web address and it says something about needing a frontpage extension so i found this apache-fp.125.f zip file that is a tgz file...i did manage to get it open but then i made a cup of coffee and came here to wind down. can someone clue me in a little more? i really appriciate it!!!! thanks Val

 

[RhythmAce]

Check to see if you still have a line in httpd.conf that looks like this:

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php4 index.php3 index.phtml index.cgi
</IfModule>

Your Root container should have the &quot;Options Indexes&quot; directive something like the example below.

DocumentRoot /var/

http://www/html

<Directory &quot;/var/

http://www/html&quot;>

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Then replace the existing index.html with your page and call it index.html

As for the Front Page extensions, you should have a README file or INSTALL file that will tell you what to do. We're always here if you need more help.