Topic awaiting preservation: front page != index.html

Is there a way to use .htaccess or something to specify the page to return in the case of someone just going to the top level? Right now, since index.html is automatically sent, but I want the first viewed page to be /cyanslime/index.html, I'm using a javascript redirect. However, I've found that that replaces the URL in the address bar, and as a result, I'm getting lots of links that aren't to the top-level - which will be a problem when I next change my front page.

So, is there a way to make the server return a specified page when none is specifically requested?

Hi Slime,

If your Apache server has mod_rewrite support, you can try a rewrite rule and see if that works. Take a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

If I understand correctly, something like this should work:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule   ^/$  /cyanslime/

I didn't test it but that will get you going in the right direction if it doesn't work.

Regards,
Charlie



[This message has been edited by Piper (edited 01-19-2002).]

Not my forte but would a symlink work in this situation as long as long as the ability to follow symlinks is enabled?



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This might help: http://wsabstract.com/howto/htaccess6.shtml

Thanks everyone =)