Topic: Newbie - Gettin Started Roadmap Questions

[Anonymous]

I am in the process of moving all of my web site to a SME 5.6 setup. . . gotta say I love this package!

but, I have a few questions, if anyone can help me get started. . .

1. Why cannnot I put another HTML file in an i-bay directory and have it be seen through a browser, except for the index.html file?

2. why cannot my index.html file refresh to another file in the same directory, or for that matter anywhere else?

3. Releted to this, I have changed the php.ini file for ASP file processing to be "On". Yet, again , the i-bay directory will not see or process that file.

Can anyone give me a quick roadmap on what exactly is going on here?

Thanks.

[scooby1]

1) you can
2) you can
3) you can

Please read the manuals first, so that you understand how the server works!

although this forum isnt really a read the manula first forum, one should really understand about the system.

also i would suggest using ver 6.0


scooby

[Oreally]

O.K., read the docs, got the basics, and it doesn't really explain why this is happening or how to make the necessary modifications.

A little more info, please!

Thanks.

[crazybob]

I advise going streight to the latest version. It will be more secure.

Bob

[dmac]

As has been suggested before, Use the 6.0 release, it is more secure.

1) Now, what HTML files are you trying to install into the Ibay and are they connected the the index.html file?  If you are having problems viewing the HTML files and are receiving some type of access denied or similar error, you may want to check the permission on the files and make sure that they are correctly set for the user and groups you wish access.

2) You could use a link for the index.html file to another file in the same directory or another directory, but remember that if you redirect outside of the IBAY you could run into problems with file permission and users have elevated access.  Wouldn't it be easier to change the default web page to be index.html?  

3) When you change the PHP.ini file, what is the name of the file that you wish to have processed by php as the default file.  If I am not mistaken, php will look for the index.php or index.php3 file to be the default php file in an Ibay.  

If you are transfering data from a Windows IIS server, remember that on a *nix system that file names are case sensitive so Index.htnl and index.html are not the same file as they are in Windows.

Darin