Can someone please help me publish my web site to an Apache dedicated

[gabby]

If someone could help me with publishing to a dedicated server I would apreciate it.

I am having trouble uploading my web site to my dedicated server. The server is a GoDaddy Dedicated Apache 2.0 (not virtual dedicated, but fully dedicated.

I am using Microsoft expression web to create and publish the site.

This is my first time with a dedicated server, but I am very familiar with standard hosting plans.

I have followed the instructions carefully in "Getting Started With Your Linux Dedicated Server Using Simple Control Panel" guide as far as configuring both the server and my domain.

Here are the facts of the problem:

1. My domain name is example.com

2. I am using Microsoft Expression Web to upload the site

3. I am selecting the FTP option to upload the site

4. The FTP destination I am entering is: example.com

5. Below the FTP destination box there is a directory box, I have tried both leaving the directory blank and entering "public_html" (without quotes) in the directory box

6. Expression Web connects to my server okay, and says the web site is published, but when I type the domain example.com into my browser it takes me to the Apache 2 Test Page -- my web site will not display.

I must be doing something wrong. What do I need to do to publish my site?

Any help would be appreciated.

[londrum]

apache normally uses a 'htdocs' directory - although you can set it up to use whatever directory you want. but can you see a htdocs directory? try uploading all your stuff into that instead.

[gabby]

I don't see an 'htdocs' directory.

The guide made a reference to uploading to the 'public_html' directory - but I don't see that either.

Maybe I just don't know how to format the upload?

This is my first time out on a dedicated server -- I'm sure once I figure it out it will seem really simple.

Here are the instructions from the Apache 2 test page, what exactly does this mean:

"If you are the website administrator:
You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf."

[edited by: gabby at 9:06 pm (utc) on Sep. 27, 2007]

[londrum]

there's your answer. just create that same directory structure.

but it should already be there. when you visit the site, you said that you get a standard apache test page. that page must be on your server somewhere.

can you search through the files on your server? pick out some text on the test page and search your server for it. when you find where that page is at you will know where to upload your stuff.

[edit -- actually, that may not be true. your test page seems to be saying that the page is served if your /html/ directory is empty. so it may not be in the same place.
but the /html/ directory is what you want to find]

[gabby]

When I publish a site Expression Web asks for a destination to publish to, as well as a directory.

Under the destination I entered: ftp://example.com

Under the directory I have entered: /var/www/html/

I have also tried entering the following under directory: public_html

I have also tried leaving the directory blank.

I still can't get the web site to show up.

Sorry to be such a newbie on this but I'm trying to figure this server out.

[londrum]

for the directory put
html

(or /html/, or html/, or whatever the format is)

so just do it the same way that you did it for public_html, but using html instead

[g1smd]

If the "default page" is index.htm and you are uploading your stuff as index.html or index.php, then your page will not be seen until you delete the page that is already there (or some other combination).

You might have fallen foul of DirectoryIndex precedence. Check that out.