Default index page problem

[Asia_Expat]

I have made my site completely XHTML compliant including MIME type... except for one problem...

My server will not recognise index.xhtml as the default page for each directory (as it would with index.html).
Is there a magic command I can add to .htaccess to force my server to recognise the .xhtml extension as a default index page?

[g1smd]

I know this doesn't really help but I have have never seen a need to go beyond HTML 4.01 Strict coding.

Moving to XHTML gives no apparent advantages, and causes way too much grief, such as the stuff you afre dealing with.

[Asia_Expat]

Yes, I've read what you are saying many times... and every time I ask for help, I get told that it's not worth the effort. However, I feel that as I am taking the XML route, it makes sense/future proof, to make my filenames .xhtml... I also recognise the merit of being compliant. Furthermore, challenging myself is part of my learning experience.

[edited by: Asia_Expat at 8:58 pm (utc) on Aug. 14, 2007]

[jdMorgan]

Just add your default directory index page to your current DirectoryIndex list, or create a new one:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.xhtml

The server will take the first file in the list that actually exists and use it as the directory index file.

Jim

[Asia_Expat]

It works! Problem solved :-)

This template/cms I'm building is going to be a winner :)
[webmasterworld.com...]

[g1smd]

OK. If you are heading towards XML then maybe that is the right long-term course to take.

At the moment I see it as far to much work and hurt for no benefit. :-)

[jdMorgan]

As long as it's an informed decision, XML is fine...

I use it myself -- as XML+XHTML for WAP 2.0 mobile sites. It that context, it lets you do things that are not supported in HTML, like have the browser recognize a "phone number link," and dial that number when the link is clicked. That's what it's all about, it's an eXtensible Markup Language.

Jim