FP: Incorrect URL Configuring IIS w/Multiple Default Pages

 Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q164274
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), version 3.0, allows you to specify multiple file names for the default home page. For example, you can configure your server to send these files to the Web browser when it accesses your site but does not request a specific page: 

   Index.htm
   Index.html
   Default.htm
This feature of IIS causes FrontPage to incorrectly name the default page when you create a new web using a template or if you use the Publish FrontPage Web command on the File menu in FrontPage Explorer. For example, when FrontPage creates the page on an IIS server configured to recognize the file names listed above, it names the home page as: 

   index.htm,index.html,default.htm

CAUSE

FrontPage does not support this feature of IIS, which was added to IIS version 3.0. IIS was released after FrontPage was released.

RESOLUTION

Open the Web that contains the incorrectly named default page, and then rename the page.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Microsoft Internet Information Server, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site: 

   http://www.microsoft.com/iis
NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is constantly updated, the site address may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address: 

   http://www.microsoft.com/

Additional query words: front page
Keywords : fpiis kbenv kbdta kbbug
Version : windows:97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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