I need help with a Frame Redirect

[ellsworthtutorials]

Alright i use 1&1 for my dns and domain registration. I have a domain (example.com) that has a frame redirect to: main.example.com:8080/index.htm But i want to take off the index.htm but whenever i do it says server cannot be found (i test on my neighbors wifi). Please i need this redirect, but i can't have index.htm at the end otherwise search engines cant verify it.

[edited by: jatar_k at 1:07 pm (utc) on June 19, 2009]
[edit reason] please use example.com [/edit]

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld ellsworthtutorials

what do you mean by frame redirect?

[ellsworthtutorials]

its like http redirect just url masking

[encyclo]

"URL masking" is simply a 100% frame containing the target site, and not a redirect at all. Search engines will usually index the target URL and not the frame. It is possible to have content indexed when served on a non-standard port such as 8080 but it is not recommended.

What is the exact error when you try to access main.example.com:8080/ - 403, 404 or DNS error? What web server software are you running, Apache, IIS or something else? Have you set the default directory index to index.htm?

[ellsworthtutorials]

but one problem. if it goes to main.example.com:8080/index.htm then when it tries to find the test html file (for verification) it would request main.example.com:8080/index.htm/testfile.html

[ellsworthtutorials]

bump. everyone is probably working

[encyclo]

As asked above, what exact error do you get when you request main.example.com:8080/ ? If the index page is not served by default by your webserver software, then you need to fix things at your end before modifying the target for your frame.