Help with webpage uploading.

Princey · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:25

How do I get my website to display an actual webpage rather than a list of all the files as seen in the image below.

Sic · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:29

have you got a file in there called index.html? your web server will always be configured to seach for a file called default, home or index. if you don't have a file by that name in there (either with the .html, php, asp whatever, file extension), it won't display a page unless to type that particular url in the address bar.

i can't see that picture properly...imageshack was being a bit weird

iCraig · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:31

Sic is correct, rename whatever HTML file you consider as your homepage to "index.html" or "index.htm"

Princey · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:33

There is one called index.html already in there.

EDIT: My mistake its title.html not index.html.

Princey · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:36

Thanks guys it worked.

Augmented · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:42

Note that Apache doesn't always look for index.htm(l) in the root, it's determined by the DirectoryIndex directive which can be configured to accept a list of any number of filenames.

Code:

DirectoryIndex example.php a.en.xhtml /path/to/not-an-index.html

Reference: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html

iCraig · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:47

Stop stealing the glory! We helped, NOT YOU!

Sic · 13 Jun 2006 at 14:48

iCraig said:
Stop stealing the glory! We helped, NOT YOU!

what's all this "we" business?!

Augmented · 13 Jun 2006 at 15:02

Note that when you're stealing the glory, the trick is to ensure that you always use a technical or factual reference so that your ingeniously disguised spam isn't easily noticed, providing the benefits of both looking clever and additionally gaining +1 to your postcount.

Code:

Post Reply > Google Search > Submit Reply = PC+1

References: Wikipedia, Google, General Discussion

Hey, It's a slow day. Looking for posts I can reply in and deciding what music to play next currently constitutes my workload. Woo! :cool:

iCraig · 13 Jun 2006 at 15:07

Sic said:
what's all this "we" business?!

Well I thought I'd let you have a slice of the glory pie, if you don't want any that's fine

Beansprout · 13 Jun 2006 at 15:17

Can I join in!!

The Apache Options Indexes directive is what controls the showing of directory listings when no file from DirectoryIndex is found.

So you can create a .htaccess file and put "Options -Indexes" to disable this feature, meaning no need for an index file! Whoo!

(Handy trick to use if you have lots of directories with images and so on and would rather they remain not-obviously-visible)