Change Indexfile For Domain

[Wordplay]

is it possible to have my server load home.php rather than index.php when people enter the domain name in the address bar?

[Dismounted]

Yes, you can do this via the web server's config file. For Apache, this file is called "httpd.conf".

[Wordplay]

thanks for the quick response, but where is that file located?

[Dismounted]

You will only have access to this file if you control the server. It is usually located in /etc/httpd/conf.

[Wordplay]

the only folder in my etc folder is a folder with my domain name, in that folder there are the files:

password
quota
shadow

and a folder with a file named info.

[SEOvB]

login via SSH and do

updatedb
locate httpd.conf

it'll give you some locations for httpd.conf

[Digma]

Might only work if you have root access to the server.

In some control panels the httpd.conf is also included and can be editted from your browser.

[Wordplay]

thanks for the replies, but how do i log in via ssh?

(i've never dealt with ssh before).

what would it be labeled if it was in my control panel?

[R-D]

Just create a .htaccess file in your root folder and put this line inside it:

DirectoryIndex home.php


More info on .htaccess: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml
More info on DirectoryIndex: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess6.shtml

[Wordplay]

sweet, exactly what i was looking for!

thank you!

[Wordplay]

Just create a .htaccess file in your root folder and put this line inside it:

DirectoryIndex home.php


More info on .htaccess: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml
More info on DirectoryIndex: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess6.shtml
there's a little problem with this... that being that it changes that for every directory, and in other directories it no longer looks for the index.htm/index.php file.

anyway to specify it so it only does that for the root directory?

i guess i fixed it by changing it to:
DirectoryIndex home.php index.php index.htm index.html
thanks for the helpful links :).