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Subject:Re: web file naming conventions From:David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 Jan 1999 09:24:01 -0700
John Cornellier wrote:
> Are there other filenames that a browser will open if you
> point it to a dir? I just tested it and index.html, index.htm,
> and home.html can all be default files, with precedence in the
> order I gave, where they are all in the same dir.
This is determined by the Web server's configuration and can
therefore vary from site to site.
David Dvorkin
FRx Software Corporation mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
(303) 741-8280