i need help uploading my homepage
i keep trying to upload my homepage to the server and need to know how do i go about setting the homepage as my web address such as
say 123.co.nz and not what it comes uo with as 123.co.nz/homepage.htm what i need to know how go i upload the homepage and not have the /homepage.htm on the end of my web address please help i have already designed the site but i am new to webservers thansk pheonix:doah:
Busy posted this at 21:24 — 8th May 2007.
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rename the homepage file to homepage1.html and the index.html will default
pheonix666777 posted this at 03:52 — 9th May 2007.
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hey there can you help me again i am having a problem the page http:403
forbidden something keeps coming up so ill explain how im uploading the homepage when the ftp connects it open up to a page with the webpage folder on it i click on it and go into it and upload the file homepage1.htm
but it still keeps coming up with 123.co.nz/homepage1.htm
any futher help would be great
Busy posted this at 10:50 — 9th May 2007.
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you mean you upload index and homepage1 comes coming up?
after uploading go to your domain 123.co.nz and press f5 - will refresh the server cache
ablaye posted this at 14:14 — 9th May 2007.
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Just tried your homepage and it seems fine to me.
Not sure what your problem is.
pheonix666777 posted this at 20:58 — 9th May 2007.
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123.co.nz was just an example website I dont have the website online yet could you possibly
Explain to me what the index is all about as I don’t have a clue what it is or what it does
And if it has anything to do with the homepage file at all as im confused on this index thing
My real homepage is planetgta.co.nz but when I go to it it says that access to the server
is forbidden when I type in planetgta.co.nz /homepage.htm it opens up could you explain
In detail how you would upload your homepage using a ftp program I should also add that all
Pages on my website were created using notepad as my html editor
Busy posted this at 22:05 — 9th May 2007.
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Depending on your ftp program, most just give two panels - left your computer files and right the web host files that have been uploaded. To upload just select the files you want to transfer from the left and click what ever button your program using whether it be an arrow, an upload or other.
The default page is usually the index.html (or .htm or index.php etc on server side files), but there are other default pages hosts set up such as homepage, home, default etc, what you are seeing is this default page.
Make a page in notepad - copy this:
this IS the index
This is the main entry page now.
now save that as index.html and upload to your server with your ftp program.
Once uploaded go to your web site (planetgta.co.nz) and you should see it there, don't type in index.html
The reason you are seeing the forbidden page is because you have removed the default page, if you don't want to make the test page I've given above just rename the homepage1.htm to index.htm
Busy posted this at 22:08 — 9th May 2007.
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Just remember there is no C drive on the internet
you need to change all your links on your page and also hotlinking to other sites images (.ico etc) is bad form
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