htm vs. html index vs. default

[rlanning]

I'm somewhat of a newbie, and I'm having a difficult time understanding when I should use for my opening page:

index.htm
index.html
default.htm
default.html

Can someone please enlighten me?

Thanks,
Ron L.

[tbonekkt]

PowWeb uses any variation of index

[bdoc]

If you are designing for Powweb accounts the following files will work without any htaccess file:

index.htm
index.html
index.php

The following do not work as folder defaults without a htaccess file.

default.html
default.htm

You can setup an htaccess file to use these (default.html and default.htm) as defaults, see the user help documentation section regarding htaccess files.

[(jj)]

default.htm will work without using .htaccess ;)

Here is the list of index pages for Powweb, in order of priority:

index.htm
index.html
index.shtml
index.shtm
index.php
index.php3
default.htm

[bdoc]

Originally posted by (jj)
default.htm will work without using .htaccess ;)

You're right.... I'm wrong...... Just tried it again and now it's working.

[rlanning]

Thanks to all who replied. It was a big help!
Ron L.