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NOTE : These FAQS are sepcific to saudiinfotech.com
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| What
page is loaded when I go to http://www.your-domain.com?
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Our
UNIX http servers are configured to read index.html
as the default homepage, so people browsing your site
can simply type http://www.yourdomain.com rather
than having to specify a filename, such as http://www.yourdomain.com/homepage.html
It
is strongly advised that you have an index.html
file in each directory of your website. Directories
without it allow browsing through your files,
possibly exposing to public view files not intended
for that purpose.
For
our Windows NT Customers:
The
default pages that can be loaded when someone comes
to your Web Site are:
1)
default.htm
2) default.html
3) default.asp
4) index.htm
5) index.html
6) index.asp
If any of these files exist, they will be automatically
loaded in the order listed above.
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| My
site looks good on my hard drive, but after uploading
it the images are missing and the links are broken? |
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Windows or DOS, UNIX is case sensitive. This means that
index.html is different from Index.html, INDEX.HTML and
all its various case combinations.
This
creates a problem when transferring your site from your
hard drive (Windows or DOS) to one of our UNIX servers.
It can often result in pages having broken links and
missing images.
If
you encounter this problem, check to make sure that
your hyperlinks in your web pages correspond to the
exact filenames on your website. If they do not match,
you can either modify your hyperlinks in your web pages
or rename your files with an FTP program so they match
your hyperlinks.
Please
note that if you are referring to your pages with a
.htm extension in your hyperlinks, make sure
the filename actually ends with a .htm extension.
If
you are referring to your pages with .html extension
in your hyperlinks, make sure the filename actually
ends with a .html extension.
Another
problem encountered is that you are referring to web
pages and images on your hard disk. For example,
<a
href="c:/webpage/welcome.htm">My Web Site</a>
The
above hyperlink should be replaced with the one below
it:
<a
href="welcome.htm">My Web Site</a>
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| How
do I fix it if I didn't name the first file index.html? |
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The
server is also configured to look for these files in
the following order, index.htm, welcome.html, home.html,
index.shtml. If your first page is not any of these,
rename the file to one of the above with this command:
mv
some_filename.html index.html
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| How
do I prevent web surfers from viewing the contents of
my subdirectories? |
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you are hosted on a UNIX server, place a file called index.html
within the subdirectory that you don't want viewed. Instead
of a file listing being displayed, index.html will be
displayed.
If
you are hosted on a NT server, place a file called default.htm
within the subdirectory that you don't want viewed.
Instead of a file listing being displayed, default.htm
will be displayed.
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| How
do I create an image map? |
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For
a good step by step guide to making image maps visit
the NCSA
Image Map Tutorial listed in our resources
section.
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| What
is an appropriate file size for HTML files? |
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When
people browse your home page, it's important to remember
that they might be on a slower 14.4kbs modem. Hence,
to download 100K of file and graphics, it takes a little
over 60 seconds at that speed.
Here's
some suggestions to alleviate this problem:
1)
Split your home page to a few separate pages.
2) Reduce the graphic size by shrinking the image size.
3) Save photographs as .jpg files with about 85% compression
ratio.
4) Save images with mostly solid colors using .gif compression.
5) Experiment with reducing the number of colors in
your gif files.
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| What
file types does my Virtual Webserver support? |
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We
have configured the http server to support all mime
types. If a browser or plug-in can read it, you can
serve it. See also: What are MIME types?
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