Beman Dawes wrote:
At 05:06 PM 1/12/2005, David Abrahams wrote:
Should I add index.html and delete index.htm?
I'll ask again: is there some reason that index.html isn't just a redirect to index.htm? That would seem to be the simplest solution.
IIRC, I tried that and it wasn't a useful solution. I've forgotten if it totally didn't work or just had performance problems. I have a vague recollection of very slow redirection. For reasons I don't understand, Appache seems to treat the root directory differently, and that may affect both functionality and performance.
There are apache directives you can put in the .htaccess that will fix this problem, too, without any noticeable redirection delay. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html For example. It may be possible to use less-powerful means; I just happen to know about this one. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com