URL to directory does not launch index.php

[jammin320]

I am a bit embarassed to have to ask this, but I don't seem to be able to solve this little issue on my own.

I just installed a new ZenCart store, and it appears to have installed without issue. However, when I attempt to access either the store front or the admin page, I must manually type in the index.php file, the home page doesn't load with only the directory.

i.e. typing http://72.52.169.15/store does not work, however http://72.52.169.15/store/index.php does. While it seems possible that the fact that I don't have DNS setup for this site yet could affect it, I don't see how. Also, when going to http://72.52.169.15 directly, the index.html home page does load automatically.

My guess is that there is an htaccess file somewhere that isn't working in my favor, but I don't know where to start looking - anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

[afo]

It should be http://72.52.169.15/store/

[jammin320]

Awesome, that did the trick - however it leaves me with an interesting question, how come I haven't had to to do that in the past?

I have Zencart installed at www.psicylinders.com/zencart. When typing that into the address bar without the trailing slash, IE adds it for me and brings up the page. Any thoughts on why it doesn't do that for me with this one?

Thanks a ton for your help - I have the issue solved with that slash, now it is just me trying to understand the 'whys' of everything.

[DrByte]

It's probably the DNS not yet propagated.

Apache will do a "rewrite" if it does not find a file of /store. When it does the rewrite, it will use the 'servername' defined in the main apache config: httpd.conf, which is probably the domain name and not the IP addresss. If the nameservers aren't yet pointing to the new server, then http://72.52.169.15/store will be rewrote to http://www.thedomainname.com/store/ --- and won't find the file.

So it's the webserver doing the rewrite, not the web browser. That's why it's best to always include the trailing slash if you mean a directory.

At least, that's what my webmaster says :)

[jammin320]

That makes perfect sense based on what I am experiancing! Thanks a ton!