Topic: website help

[baritone]

im new to sme and i was woundering where is the main html folder to put my site on
is it /var/www/html ????????
i tried different places and it doesnt want to refresh my changes
or where in the server-manger can i do this at

[ajkeane]

You can create a basic site by using the create a starter website in the server manager.

If you have a site already to upload to the web server you can do this via winscp or other methods.

Upload to /home/e-smith/files/ibays/primary/html

Remember to delete the index.html file from the html directory.

I hope this helps.

You can also create more ibays and host more sites in these ibays as well.

Tony

[baritone]

thx it helped
now the question is when i go to my site i get Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.
where do i set it to accept .html

[ajkeane]

Have you set the permissions on the files to say 755 www:www ?

You should not need to enable anything other than ensuring that the permissions are set.

To access the site you should just yuse http://your domain.com or http://your domain.com/foldername or ibay name if you have the contents in another ibay or folder.

Tony

[baritone]

[R] SITE CHMOD 755 about.html
[R] 550 about.html: Permission denied
[R] PASV
[R] 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,105,128,105).
[R] Opening data connection IP: 192.168.1.105 PORT: 32873
[R] LIST -al
[R] 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
[R] 226 Transfer complete.
thats what i get when trying to change CHMOD to 755 with my ftp program
im using flashfxp

thx for your fast reply

[ajkeane]

Who are you logged in as when you are trying to change the permissions.

If you are using a windows desktop I would install winscp it is very easy to use and very good for setting everything up.

I believe you will need to have root priveleges to change the permissions unless your user has rights to write into the ibay.

Tony

[baritone]

thx tony you're the bomb
the software you told me work like a dream
if i had my choice ill go to linux all the way but im a gamer and i do alot of video editing and linux dont support my ati 6500 all-in-wonder card

[ajkeane]

No problems glad I could help we have all had our little issues when we started out with SME and Linux.

I have just changed over to a linux desktop and am enjoying the experience. I don't however have hardware issues or play alot of games so that is not an issue for me.

Tony