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I have Verizon DSL with 10MB of free web space that I want to use for file sharing, not to view pictures or text. I have it here: http://mysite.verizon.net/kgbove/index.htm
If you go there, you will see a Home Page Under Construction. I want to change it to just show the index.htm of files I FTP to the space.
Any ideas?
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When I FTP to the site, I see the Index.htm file that I could rename, delete, etc. Sure seems to me I could replace it. How do I generate an real Index file?
I renamed it, replaced it with a different index.htm file, but when I access the site I still get the construction page. It seems the index.htm file I see is just a copy of the ISP's file.
More ideas?
Ken,
try making a new folder with no index file and upload a couple trial files to it ...
then add a link to your original index file to go to the new folder or add a meta redirect to the main index file that directs to the new folder [ if it shows the directory files ]
meta code below [ place between your < head > tags
< meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;url=http://yourwebsite.com/the newfoldername" >
In other words, if the internet file server can't find any of the four files listed above in a particular directory (folder), it displays a simple list of the files that are in the directory.
To SpywareDr: I see one of the sites you found created a file list by linking to Parent Directory software on his home page. Where can I get such software?
Many internet servers are setup to automatically display a simple list of files that are in the folder being accessed if an "index.html" file is not in that folder.
In other words, if the server finds an "index.html" in the folder being accessed, it displays it. If it's not found, it simply displays a list of the files.
Servers can also be reconfigured to use any default file name. Some of the most common are: index.html, index.htm, default.html, default.htm. Note that servers can also be configured not to display a list files, but an error page instead.
So, if your server is setup to look for and display any of those four file names, make sure none of those filenames exist in that folder and then try to access that folder in your browser. With any luck it will display a list of files in that folder.
Just delete the index.html file and the server will generate a list of files in the directory automatically. The server will NOT search for any old html files and display them, it will only display files named index.*. A server can be config'd to use any file extention as the default, but I have yet to see a server config'd to use anything other than index.* when it first searches a dir, esp at free hosts like isp personal web space. Most free servers are config's to look for only index.htm & index.html and will ignore other extensions when searching the dirs for a default pgae to display.
Just delete the index.html file and the server will generate a list of files in the directory automatically. The server will NOT search for any old html files and display them, it will only display files named index.*. A server can be config'd to use any file extention as the default, but I have yet to see a server config'd to use anything other than index.* when it first searches a dir, esp at free hosts like isp personal web space. Most free servers are config's to look for only index.htm & index.html and will ignore other extensions when searching the dirs for a default pgae to display.
I tried this and not only did I not get a new list, but I am now forbidden to view the site. This starting to be fun.
Ken,
copy and paste the code below into notepad ...
then save it as all files inserting .htm so it reads index.htm
upload to your web server .. make a folder called share as specified in the code and upload a file there and see if you can view the new folder as a directory ...
