I ordered webhosting from Dreamhost!
it’s been quite a learning curve, lot more complex than Yahoo! Geocities, but still worth it I think because I can do so much more!
Still one question: It’s really stupid, but here goes…
I created a website: mywebsite.com
When I enter that directory, all I get is:
Index of /
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory 01-May-2004 05:39 -
Why?
Thanks, guys!
Kenneth
You have to ask your ISP to resolve the URL myhost.com and www.myhost.com to the same IP address.
I have a www directory in my ftp account. If your www directory is missing an index.html file your get that ‘error’ (the directory listing) message. Hope that helps.
both the above are pointers.
check to see if your DNS is pointed correctly.
Should be both:
www A Record pointing to 123.456.789.12
and
@ A Record pointing to 123.456.789.12
the @ ensures the yourdomain.com part of www.yourdomain.com is also pointing to the correct place.
Then check that there is an index.htm page in the www directory.
finally you can double check by going to the DOS prompt and typing:
nslookup (enter)
set type=A (enter)
yourdomain.com (enter)
this will tell you if things are pointing to where they should be. Do it for both www.yourdomain.com and yourdomain.com and see if it points to the same IP.
Congrats. You are now a geek.