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I’m hoping someone has an idea for how to rename index.php on a site I have hosted at Media Temple. I have a different site on MT with the same hosting package for whom this works:

DirectoryIndex home index.php index.shtml index.html index.htm

<Files home>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

But I can’t get it work on a new site. The site that WORKS is running EE 1.6.8 and the one that’s NOT working is running 1.6.9. Maybe that makes a difference?

Also, I’m trying to get this to work in a subdirectory of the root. The htaccess file is within that same subdirectory along with the index.php file I’m trying to rename.

Thanks,
Ed

Ed,
Try editing your path.php file to reference the new name for the index.php file

That didn’t work, unfortunately. Getting a 404 error.

Ed, what are you renaming index.php to? A 404 error is outside of EE’s jurisdiction, so we may need to move this over to the CodeShare Corner.

I’m trying to rename it as “home”.

As I mentioned, I’m kind of flummoxed because I have the identical setup for a different site on the same host and it’s working perfectly.

All of what you are seeing happens before EE is even invoked.

With that said, let’s see if we can help you get to the bottom of it.

What URL are you visiting when you get the 404?  Are you going to example.com?  Or example.com/home? 

While you work with us, you might just get a support ticket started with your host, that way you have multiple eyes and can get to the bottom of this faster.  We may need to involve them anyway since there may be a server issue here with the method of renaming, or the 404s.

Thank you!

I’m going to “example.com/dev/home” when I get the 404. Could it be an issue that I’m in a subdirectory of the site root?

I tried to resolve this with MT first but they basically said the specifics of htaccess are beyond what they’ll support. I’m thinking I may need to bring in someone with more familiarity with Apache since that’s not my forte.

Unless you have another idea? 😉

Hrm.  If you put a basic image into /dev - can you see it in your browser?

.htaccess wouldn’t be involved then; let’s make sure that you can actually get to the contents of that directory. =)

I can, yes. The site is under development and working fine as long as I’m using “index.php” as the home page.

What else is in your .htaccess, EP?