Is there a way to prevent viewing of the index page ?

[Benj]

Hi,
i'm currently developping my site, and I don't want anyone to see what is on the index.shtml page.
Since we can't htacess the www.... is there a way to block anyone (except me) from viewing this page and any page in www while i'm developping ?

I know I could just rename the index page while I'm working, but I really need to have the index page of my site with some documents inside.

Thanks,
Benj

[Deb]

Since you are using a .shtml extension, try tossing a blank or "coming soon" index.html page in there.

.html and .htm will be shown by the server before a .shtml page will be.  This way someone going to domain.com/ will see the .html page while you can still enter from domain.com/index.shtml

Another option would be to password protect the directory...

Deb
 - Knowledge of the path is the doorway to design.

[Benj]

THanks
Always pleasent to have a fast support
I'll use the first solution.

Benj

[Justin]

Um, actually index.shtml is the first thing the server looks for... What I would recommend is adding the following line to an .htaccess file in your root directory:

</font><font face="Courier" size="3">DirectoryIndex comingsoon.html</font><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">

Then create a comingsoon.html page, and it will display instead of your index.shtml page.

Hope this helps

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Benj]

It works like a charm

Benj

[Deb]

Opppss, my bad, sorry about that...

The true order is as follows:
index.shtml
index.shtm
index.html
index.htm
index.php3
index.php
index.phtml
index.cgi
index.fquest

Reference: http://www.aota.net/HTML/homepage.php3

Deb
 - I really should refer to the tutorials more often.

[Dan Kaplan]

index.fquest

Hey, how'd that one sneak in there?  It's not on the tutorial page!  Looks like an inside job...

Dtective

[Justin]

index.fquest was added for new accounts as the default page. Before it was index.html, and if you uploaded an index.htm page, you would still see the default page. Adding a .fquest lets us set that at the lowest priority (last in the search order) to prevent all the &quot;why can't I see my page&quot; questions   This way, any of the other index pages will take priority over the default page.

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Deb]

Yet another FQuest exclusive

   Brought to by the good guys at FutureQuest.
   (is that copyrighted?

 Deb
 - Ok.. I'll go back to my hole now

[Terra]

good guys almost always finish last!

I am not a good guy, I am not a good guy, I am not a good guy!

Face it Deb, we are geeks...

heh, I'm not a geek, I am NOT a geek, not a geek!

I am a bad boy, yes, yes, yes - very bad!

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