Hi

I just tried to rename the index.php file (to “directory”). I followed the instructions from the manual.

Unfortunately if I enter the url www.makeup.ch I get a 403 (forbidden access) error message.

If I use this url http://www.makeup.ch/directory/de-homepage/index/ then it does display the homepage.

Please help.

Did you set the new “directory” file as the default file to serve in a directory/folder?  i.e. a line like this in the .htaccess:

Yes now I did. Still the same error message.

Chris??

Sorry, I never saw your reply.

I’m not sure what the problem is, I’m afraid.  It seems to be something with how the server is set up or how it’s set up to resolve directory vs. filename issues.  It may be that “directory” is sort of a “reserved” word.  I would suggest contacting your Host/server admin and discuss this with them since it’s server-side and not EE-related.

OK, off to Nevin

DirectoryIndex directory index.php index.html index.htm

You had this line inside of the <Files directory> definition and it needs to be outside… ie:

DirectoryIndex directory index.php index.html index.html

<Files directory>
AcceptPathInfo On
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

Also our servers are defaultly setup to AcceptPathInfo so that line is not needed in this section so I removed it from your .htaccess file as well as its redundant.

Thanks Nevin for your help. This is pmachinehosting service at it’s best

It just can’t be beat!

I’ve got a similar problem, also followed the instructions as they are in the documentation. I would like to change ‘index.php’ into ‘weblog’ (also tried ‘path’, ‘directory’ etcetera) but when i do that i get the raw php-code on my screen. 

The weird thing is, I can change ‘index.php’ into ‘index’, and then everything works.

What do i overlook here?

If you are on an apache v.2. based web server, then this should work in a .htaccess file for you:

DirectoryIndex weblog index.php index.html index.html

<Files weblog>
AcceptPathInfo On
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

If you rename index.php to weblog

Should have mentioned, i’m still on apache 1.x

Tried your suggestion anyway, but it doesnt work.

If you are on apache 1.x then you need to use what is highlighted in the manual here Renaming index.php instead of what I placed above, which is outlined on that page under Apache 2 section on the same page.

Hope that helps.

Remember that when you use <Files index>, what you’re really putting there is <Files [color=red]mynewindexfilename>[/color].

That did the trick, thanx a lot! Once you know it, it is obvious, but maybe you should make this part a little clearer in the documentation.

Yeah, I cleared that up with the documentation update that was released earlier this evening.