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Article ID20
Created On5/2/2008
Modified5/2/2008
Default Documents
You have the ability add and edit the default document(s) for your websites. A default document is the first page of the website. e.g. index.html When you type in a domain name like, www.oochie.com, the web server needs to know which particular page in your website should come first and be shown to a user. This is accomplished by setting a default document. In fact, several default documents are established in a priority order.

In the example above the default document for
www.oochie.com, at the time this article was written, was index.html.

WARNING: It is not necessary in most cases to edit the default documents. By changing the order of the default documents- you could break your website. No long term damage would be done but you should test your website after making changes.

Current they are set to this by default. They work top down, in order, if a page cannot be found, it uses the next one and so forth.

index.cfm
Default.asp
Default.aspx
index.php
index.html
index.htm
default.html
default.htm
_holding.asp (This is only used for welcome pages)
_holding.htm (This is only used for welcome pages)

Adding and Editing the Default Documents:
  1. Login to your Control Panel.
  2. Click Domains and Select a domain.
  3. Click Advanced Website Settings icon.
  4. Click Default Documents.
  5. Using the links to the right of each document you can change the order or remove a document for the list. Alternatively, you can click the Add New button and follow the onscreen instructions.