does the main page have to be named 'index.php' ?

[tsakali]

I made a mistake by installing zencart in the main directory, but now I want another page to be my home page when websitename.com is typed in the browser..so that eans that my new home page needs to take the 'index.php' title right? how can I get around this issue? how can i still keep the zencart pages working correctly through all of this?

[Merlinpa1969]

Not unless your opening index page is a php script,
otherwise create your html page and call it index.html, it will then load first

[tsakali]

I just tried having a index.html but the index.php of zencart still seems to be the deault page my domain picks up

[yellow1912]

It can be configured to use html as default. I dont remember how tho, contact your host and ask them to do that for you.

[tsakali]

thank you this will be useful

I can still use css files in html right

[yellow1912]

Of course, there would be no problem at all.

[dfmc]

I just tried having a index.html but the index.php of zencart still seems to be the deault page my domain picks up

I have the reverse issue. My index.php will not load on my unix hosting and I created a directory when I installed Zen Cart. Additionally, the host support pages I read (at my domain hosting company) shows a list of acceptable file names to use with unix and the closest I could find was index.php3, index.php4 or index.php5?

Do I need to rename my index.php to one of those extensions? Do I need to move it or copy that page after renaming it to the main website folder for my hosting to pick up it up so that is is viewable and ready for customers?

I managed to get through everything else, but this has me stumped.

just to add to this helpful place I looked up what you mentioned and I found out that by editing the .htaccess file you can change the order of which diff. index.xxx file will be loaded first.

either find out where this line is or add it:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php


on this example .html will load first

but make sure you add .php in the list or else it can get funky...for instance I forgot to do that and I could not acces the zencart admin area as easily

Additionally, the quote above I attempted, but having no idea where to "insert" this on the .htaccess page, needless to say it did not work for me, so I changed it back.

brick wall & me -->

Any and all help is appreciated!
Thanks!

[DrByte]

You could try
1. renaming your index.php to index.php5 or index.php4
and then
2. edit your html_output.php file in the includes/functions folder and change the index.php references there to index.php5 or index.php4 (the same as you did to the actual filename):

      if (zen_not_null($parameters)) {
        $link .= 'index.php?main_page='. $page . "&" . zen_output_string($parameters);
      } else {
        $link .= 'index.php?main_page=' . $page;
      }

[dfmc]

Thanks for the quick response DrByte.

I did as instructed, however the results are unchanged. I'll contact my hosting company and see if they can fix it for me. If not, I'll be back.

Thanks again!