Apache test page

Why can't I get rid of this?

[Newwebdesigner]

I have gone completely grey thanks to this and am now starting to develop a nervous tic.

I have just uploaded the new site files for a website I have been working on. There's no ASP, PHP or anything fancy, just a bunch of HTM files. I can see them via my FTP program (Terrapin) and to the untrained eye (like mine), everything seems okay.

However, when I typed in the url to see my site 'live', I got that test message. I changed the index to HTML because I was led to believe that this was the problem however, it doesn't seem to matter, I still only get that darned test page and am told that I can now upload files.

I have no access to Apache and only seem to have access to the HTTPDOCS and HTTPSDOCS folders.

What am I doing wrong? How can I stop further hair loss thanks to this, moreover, how can I make it all right and not look like a complete plank in front of my customer?

Yours feverishly biting fingernails

Newwebdesigner

[rocknbil]

HTTPDOCS and HTTPSDOCS

Welcome aboard, I recognize this default domain structure - your server is probably configured like

domainname/cgi-bin
domainname/httpdocs
domainname/httpsdocs

Does that sound familiar?

Are you uploading your files to httpdocs?

In the httpdocs directory, are there multiple index files, like index.htm, index.html? Make sure there's only one. It should find it anyway, but just to eliminate possibilities.

You may be viewing a cached version - the first time you went to domainname.com, it downloaded the test page and your browser doesn't recognize the file has changed. Try deleting your browser cache and refreshing the page.

The only other thing I can suggest is that when you type in domainname.com, it is not resolving to the same place you are uploading files. Do you have the DNS properly pointing to the host?

[Newwebdesigner]

I don't know how to say this, but I fixed the problem.

I fear I may be pelted with eggs for this, but I capitalised the first letter of all the filenames and as a result, Apache wasn't seeing what I thought it was seeing.

Anyhow, problem solved and thank you for not throwing things at me.

[rocknbil]

Come now, many of us are gardeners here, not farmers.

<throws tomatoes>

If you never error, you will never learn, welcome aboard. :-)

[g1smd]

You have verified one thing: URLs on your server ARE case sensitive, and that is A Good Thing!

Now, try to use all lower-case for all URLs, and use hyphens or dots to separate words in URLs.

Always avoid spaces and underscores in URLs.

[Newwebdesigner]

Thanks, I will.

It's all up and running now and behaving very well.

Unfortunately, my hair is still grey and the nervous tic seems to be hanging around longer than I'm happy with but...

Thanks again peeps