FP98: Browsing Web Returns List of Files Instead of Home Page (194328)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q194328 For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205479.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 143104.
SYMPTOMS
If you are running the FrontPage Personal Web Server and you to browse a
FrontPage Web site, you may see a list of files in the Web's directory
instead of the home page.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the FrontPage Personal Web Server looks for a
home page with a name specified in the Srm.cnf file in the server's \conf
directory. A page with this name must reside in the default Web folder when
using the FrontPage Personal Web server. In FrontPage 98, this
folder is typically C:\FrontPage Webs\Content.
The default home page for the FrontPage Personal Web Server is Index.htm.
RESOLUTION
To correct this behavior, you may either rename your home page to Index.htm
or reconfigure the FrontPage Personal Web Server to serve the home page
name of your choosing.
If you choose to rename your home page, you may need to correct any links
in the Web that point back to the home page. In FrontPage 98, you will be
prompted to automatically update incoming links.
If you choose to reconfigure the FrontPage Personal Web Server to serve the
home page name of your choosing, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194085 FP98: How to Use a Document Other Than Index.htm as Default
Page
NOTE: Other Web servers, use different default home page file names, such
as Index.html, Welcome.htm, Welcome.html, Default.htm, or Default.html.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/3/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB194328 |
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