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Old 01-22-2008, 04:21 PM Newbie Question
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Sorry, this is going to seem very very dumb I'm sure, but I was wondering, once you point your DNS over to your host server, how do you get your "homepage" to open when you type in the the URL?
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Old 01-22-2008, 04:55 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Have you uploaded your home (or index) page to the public_html root of your server?
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Old 01-22-2008, 05:06 PM Re: Newbie Question
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No, but thank you, I did not know that I had to do that!
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Old 01-22-2008, 06:41 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Hey,
Its not dumb, we were all once there!! Everyday is a school day!

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Old 01-23-2008, 12:21 AM Re: Newbie Question
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Thanks for being so kind!

I uploaded my index.html page but am uncertain how to make the URL point directly to the index.html page?
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Old 01-23-2008, 12:30 AM Re: Newbie Question
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You could try setting up a redirect via your server control panel.
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Old 01-23-2008, 12:38 AM Re: Newbie Question
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Wow, great idea actually. Unfortunately, as I just tried it I got a message stating:

invalid URL : a domain cannot redirect to itself

I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. The homepage that I want is a file called: main7_v8.html and not index. Should I just rename it index?

Again, thank you so much for all of the advice!!!
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Old 01-23-2008, 12:47 AM Re: Newbie Question
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I don't know why it would be "pointing to itself", are you sure it isn't already the "homepage" when you visit the URL?

This is what the redirect should look like:
http://www.domain.com/main7_v8.html >to>
http://www.domain.com

Did you make this a permanent redirect?

Also, if you could provide the site's URL, it would help us out so we can see what we're dealing with.
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Old 01-23-2008, 01:00 AM Re: Newbie Question
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Sorry about that! The site is:

http://www.helenyoo.com but the actual homepage should be
http://www.helenyoo.com/main7_v8.html

Thanks again, I am trying to make a website for my grandmother for her bday with my limited web skills!
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Old 01-23-2008, 09:36 AM Re: Newbie Question
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Can you rename main7_v8.html to index.html?
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Old 01-23-2008, 11:03 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Hello there guys. Okay, so I changed main7_v8.html to index.html by using Save As. Unfortunately, when I go to the website (helenyoo.com) I am now getting this error message "This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js."

I obviously messed things up further. Any advice would be very appreciated!
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Old 01-23-2008, 11:06 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Nevermind guys, looks like I got it to work!!!!

Thank you so much, my grandmother will be thrilled!!!
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Old 01-23-2008, 11:14 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Hello there guys. Okay, so I changed main7_v8.html to index.html by using Save As. Unfortunately, when I go to the website (helenyoo.com) I am now getting this error message "This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js."
Yes, I saw that. I didn't realize that "main7_v8.html" is coded into the gallery software. You'll have to name it back and then create another index.html file that redirects to main7_v8.html.

The new index.html can be blank but should include


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<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.helenyoo.com/main7_v8.html">

in the head section. That should do it.
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Old 01-28-2008, 02:56 PM Re: Newbie Question
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Hello bmin,

Your website looks interesting
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