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4.  What Name Should I Use For My "homepage" To Get It To Load Automatically?

You must name your main loading file one of the following names:

index.html
index.htm
home.html
home.htm

This list also shows the order of precedence for home page names on our system.  As you can see from the list, "index.html" takes highest precedence.  What this means is that if you have two files in your main directory, one named "index.html" and one named "index.htm", our system will treat the file named "index.html" as the home page.  Please keep this in mind when you are naming your home page.

Also, be sure to name your home page in lowercase.  Our system will not treat a file with capital letters in it as a home page.  For example, if your try to name your home page as "INDEX.HTM" or "Index.html", our system will not recognize the file as a home page.  Please keep this factor in mind as well when you are naming your home page.

Finally, the home page must be located in your main directory, which is the first directory you see when accessing the web server via FTP.

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5.  What Can My File Names Be?

E-Brewer.Com uses servers which run a variation of UNIX. All UNIX machines are case sensitive. This means that if you upload your files with upper case letters in them, then your references in your HTML code must also match the case. The easiest way to manage this issue would be to keep everything in lower case.   Also, spaces and special control characters are generally not a good idea.

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6.  What Does My Local "cgibin" Directory Do?

This directory allows you to execute a CGI script written in Perl, UNIX Shell, or C.  Perl and
shell programs are self-compiling and can be utilized immediately after transfer to the "cgibin" directory.

IMPORTANT: All scripts must have a ".cgi" extension.

For some very useful information on cgi scripts, please consult our CGI FAQ.

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7.  How Do I Create Sub-Directories Within My Website?

You may create subdirectories either with an FTP program or by means of telnet.

First, we recommend you consult our general tutorials on either FTP or telnet, and then return to this page.

 Creating Subdirectories with WS_FTP

Once you have connected to your site with WS_FTP, click on the "MkDir" button on the right side of the WS_FTP window.  In the box that appears, type the name of the subdirectory you want.  Then click on the "OK" button.

 Creating Subdirectories with CuteFTP

Once you have connected to your site with CuteFTP, click on "Commands" on the menubar.  Then select "Make new dir".  In the box that appears, type the name of the subdirectory you want.  Then click on the "OK" button.

 Creating Subdirectories via Telnet

Once you have connected to your site via telnet, type this command:

mkdir name_of_the_subdirectory_you_want

Then hit the <Enter> key on your keyboard.

For example, if you want the subdirectory to be named xyz, you would type:

mkdir xyz

Then you would hit the <Enter> key on your keyboard.

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