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Need Help Quick...

by Eric Land
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Hey big problem,

I just started my hosting today with hostgator.com

Anyway i almost finished one page of my first website and i changed the file name and now when i try go to my website it just shows all of the files instead of showing the website.

Look yourself Index of /

- Eric

What should i do to show the website again
#quick
  • Profile picture of the author Marian Berghes
    i think you have to make a page index.htm so the server can pick it up as your homepage...
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  • Profile picture of the author Nicola Lane
    You need to give your index page a file extension - .htm or .html
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    • Profile picture of the author Eric Land
      not working crap i screwed this up
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      • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
        Don't panic. Just start again. Design one page and make sure it is called index.html. Upload that. See what happens.

        Edit: also check you are uploading to the correct directory. Can't speak for hosgator as I don't use them, but with my host you have to up load to public_html.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dixiebelle
        Call Hostgator: They are the only ones that can see what you have done. You can find their toll free number on the home page in the upper right hand corner of the page. Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, and Dedicated Website Hosting w/ cPanel - HostGator

        I don't understand why more people don't just do this in the first place when they have a site problem. You'll find most host companies would rather help you than lose your business.

        You also need to remove your site info from your original post before someone decides to copy it.

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  • Profile picture of the author joblythe
    Eric

    Your main page (default) must be called index.html or index.php for it to show up when you type your site address as http://mysite.com

    Otherwise you need to type http://mysite.com/newpage.html

    It is also wise (especially in other folders) to have an index.html file - so that people cannot see (and download) your files listed there.

    HTH
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  • Profile picture of the author joblythe
    How did you produce the file you are trying to see?

    Try to name it index.html
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  • Profile picture of the author Ouroboros
    If you just transferred your domain name, you'll need to give it time to propagate. It'll be a little dodgy for up to 24 hours.

    Just a guess.

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  • Profile picture of the author joblythe
    Eric

    Just rename it index.html

    It will work . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author joblythe
    There is no need to panic . . folks

    Please, Eric - just rename it index.html (not the other combinations you have been using)

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  • Profile picture of the author joblythe
    Well Done . . .

    See you got there in the end!

    All the best
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  • Profile picture of the author zeurois
    Another common problem:

    Win XP automatically hides the files extension by default.

    So instead of index.html you would see index. Further, if you save a file (eg: index.txt) and then rename it as index.html, you would get index.html.txt.

    You're experiencing something like this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Gail Sober
    You can also place an .htaccess file above your public html folder with

    Options -Indexes

    to turn off showing the directory if no index file exists. I would suggest doing this so you don't inadvertently leave all of your files exposed. Who wants to have to upload an index file in every graphics folder, etc..
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    • Profile picture of the author Eric Land
      oh thank you guys i figured it out i need the html
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    • Profile picture of the author joblythe
      Originally Posted by Gail Sober View Post

      You can also place an .htaccess file above your public html folder with

      Options -Indexes

      to turn off showing the directory if no index file exists. I would suggest doing this so you don't inadvertently leave all of your files exposed. Who wants to have to upload an index file in every graphics folder, etc..
      Excellent suggestion, Gail, and much better than mine.

      But for someone who is having trouble with their very first home page, maybe this will come later . . .



      No matter which way it is done - make sure you do it!
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  • Profile picture of the author UcheO
    It seems to be displaying fine now.
    You might want to re-work your layout though. It looks a bit stretched out.
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