How To: Change Your Website’s Index File
a simple trick using the .htaccess file
A simple tutorial which only involves editing one little file. Useful for those of us who have mime-typed extensions or who are creating lots of test design files and want an easy way to make the design they like best their default file.
- Create a file called .htaccess in the /public_html/ folder if you don’t have it. I think one should be there already when you get your site so if it isn’t you should create it anyway!
- In the file write the following: CODE
DirectoryIndex newindex.file - Replace newindex.file with the file you want your index page to be.
- Open your website and if all has worked well, you should have your customized index page.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Mercy Kravitz
July 3rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
For many moons now, your humble Autoblog crew has been following the new Saab 9-5 around the globe. Not intentionally mind you, but it seems that Saab has been dragging their 9-5 show car out to every show we’ve covered since before Obama was elected. Which is many, many shows (turns out it’s been since Frankfurt). And while we’re big boosters of the new 9-5, something’s always been… lacking.
June 21st, 2010 at 5:50 am
I am using Windows 7 Professional connected to a domain on a 2003Server. Everything is working fine except the printers. The Win 7 Pc can find the shared network printers fine, but when I try to connect it refuses to use the 64-bit drivers included with Win 7. It does search Windows Update but again with no success. I tried installing a local copy of the printer to load the drivers, but even after this I get an error meddage saying that “can’t connect to printer” with an error code. I found a solution with an HP Laserjet by installing a 64-bit driver on the server under the additional drivers tab. However I have other printers (e.g. Epson LQ-590) where there is no downloadable driver - it is an inbox driver in Windows 7. Does anyone know how to get round this problem and install the printers?
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