How do I create my front page for my domain name.

What do I need to do to tie my domain name (ie: www.mydomainname.com)
to a page that I've uploaded? I've figured out how to make files
underneath the domain name, but not how to point the domain name to a
single file on the webhost.

robmattheu (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net (Rob) wrote in
news:698043f8.0312270923.48c89efc (AT) posting (DOT) google.com:

What do I need to do to tie my domain name (ie: www.mydomainname.com)
to a page that I've uploaded? I've figured out how to make files
underneath the domain name, but not how to point the domain name to a
single file on the webhost.

You cannot point a domain to a page. You must create a page with a
specific name.

Create a page with any of the following names and it should work:
index.htm
index.html

Some of the following names may also work depending on your host:
default.htm
index.php
default.php
index.shtml

Basically, if you only enter the domain name and don't append a page name,
the webserver looks for a page with one of the "default" names.

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Edward Alfert wrote:

robmattheu (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net (Rob) wrote in
news:698043f8.0312270923.48c89efc (AT) posting (DOT) google.com:


What do I need to do to tie my domain name (ie: www.mydomainname.com)
to a page that I've uploaded? I've figured out how to make files
underneath the domain name, but not how to point the domain name to a
single file on the webhost.



You cannot point a domain to a page. You must create a page with a
specific name.

But you can redirect, right? (.htaccess is my new infatuation)

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But you can redirect, right? (.htaccess is my new infatuation)

Yes. this is true. You can either redirect in .htaccess using mod_rewrite
or create a default page and use meta or php to redirect.

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