help please

[Jeff M]

Okay, i am having problem after problem after problem with this whole deal, so i think i will just list everything i've done, and hope someone can point out what my problem is.

-I've created my website in notepad, and saved it as index.html
-I've uploaded index.html, and all files used on the webpage to the Cpanel by using the unlimitedFTP
-i've saved the index.html file in the /public_html directory, where there are several folders: Czar, Greg, _wizardimages, and cgi-bin. (I'm greg's brother, designing his website 'czarclothingco.com' so that should explain the file names)
-from the tutorials i've read i was under the impression that i was finished, but i enter the domain name in my browser, and all i get is the http 404 error.

i would appreciate anything you could tell me

[pghcollectibles]

was this site recently added to hm? it takes 24-72 hrs for the dns info to propagate, however the ip address you were given in the conformation email can be used to access it as well and can be viewed using it immediately

[LCATF]

I used Serif's WebPlus program, designed the site and uploaded with no problem

[pghcollectibles]

lcatf is this relevent to jeff's issue. im not sure what your saying. if it is perhaps you could elaborate.

[Falcon1986]

Are you sure you have not named the main index.html file incorrectly?

[pghcollectibles]

i went to czarclothingco.com and there is nothing there yet. it should have at least given me a directory list so im guessing about the propagation thing. if we knew the ip we could try it that way

[shadmego]

in the command line, you could run a ping for czarclothingco.com. If you did so, you would get the name resolved to this ip address:

74.220.215.202

Putting this into the browser would present you with the default HM account page, aptly named, default.html.

For the original poster:

I would recommend logging into CPanel, going to File Manager and finding your way to the public_html directory. From there, located, select and delete this default.html page. If you have done everything you stated in your first post, then you would be awarded with the proper index page for your *brother's* website. If not, come back and we will go from there.

~regards

P.S. Upon further investigation into this matter, you can enter the following into your browser until DNS propogation completes:

http://74.220.215.202/~czarclot/

Doing this will give you what I would assume is your index page, though the path links for your images are probably wrong ...

[sdasevne]

If you rename Index.htm. to index.html, and Czarlogo.png to czarlogo.png, it should work.

[Falcon1986]

While you are at it you may want to add the following to your root directory's .htaccess file to prevent people from being able to browse the directory structure of your website:


Options -Indexes

Leaving this open so that your directories are free to be browsed can be a security risk since someone wishing to look for vulnerabilities can easily find what they are looking for.

[usualis]

Hi Jeff,

I see your site is still not running. Have you tried removing it all and just trying to upload a single index.html test page? or renaming it default.html? I am also new to this but I did that with my site and it worked. It seems to me that this is a simple directory problem, but as I said I'm not expert.

[Paveway]

By the way, make sure your index.html is the public_html folder from your root directory.

Everything to be displayed publically will need to be in public_html