Suzanne — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:12:14 +0000

First, make sure you have a backup of your .htaccess file!

Then make sure you save that puppy as ASCII and you're good to go. Test, enjoy.

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

mjs416 — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:48:12 +0000

Well, I have opened the .htaccess file. Just when I think I have the syntax figured out on one thing, another confusing syntax is born. Anyways, below is what the .htaccess file reads:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all

order deny,allow
deny from all

AuthName skreklan.com
AuthUserFile /www/s/skreklan/htdocs/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /www/s/skreklan/htdocs/_vti_pvt/service.grp
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

The bold part obviously added by me. Will that work where I placed the directory index line? Does it need to be placed elsewhere in the file
?

mjs416 — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:31:34 +0000

kk, thanks all.

Greg K — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:17:28 +0000

mjs416 wrote: Is that a command line for the server or something? Where is that entered?

You place that in a file called .htaccess in the same directory as your home page.

-Greg

mjs416 — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:57:47 +0000

Suzanne wrote:

....DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

That will say, hey, grab index.php and if it's not there, then grab index.html.

Is that a command line for the server or something? Where is that entered?

Suzanne — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 03:31:08 +0000

No -- your server (if set up right) tells the browser to look for the index page, if php is enabled, and it will look for "index" or "home" of any extension.

If you're running Apache and you have an index.html and an index.php file, and you want index.php to be the main page (and it's not happening, and you don't want to delete the index.html page):

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

That will say, hey, grab index.php and if it's not there, then grab index.html.