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amd.64

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I am new to the forums, and although I have done web design in HTML, Java Script and CGI it has been awhile, about 20 years in fact. I have don very little with CSS. Please bear with me as I will likely have several questions. I do have extensive experience with Visual Basic, I have had Java and C# classes but that is where it ended. So I at least have the foundations for scripting and programming

I have a self housed Ubuntu 23 server running Apache.

I am using server side includes so my index file currently has the extension .shtml. However when I attempt to load my site I can't just enter mysite.com into the address bar. Doing so I get a directory listing (like running dir in Windows command prompt or ls in Linux terminal). I have to enter mysite,com/index.shtml instead. What would be the easiest way to remedy this?

I was thinking of creating an index.html file then have it redirect to index.shtml. However I do not know the proper way to do this. Is there a better way?

Anybody have any ideas.

Thank You
 
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amd.64 said:
I am new to the forums, and although I have done web design in HTML, Java Script and CGI it has been awhile, about 20 years in fact. I have don very little with CSS. Please bear with me as I will likely have several questions. I do have extensive experience with Visual Basic, I have had Java and C# classes but that is where it ended. So I at least have the foundations for scripting and programming

I have a self housed Ubuntu 23 server running Apache.

I am using server side includes so my index file currently has the extension .shtml. However when I attempt to load my site I can't just enter mysite.com into the address bar. Doing so I get a directory listing (like running dir in Windows command prompt or ls in Linux terminal). I have to enter mysite,com/index.shtml instead. What would be the easiest way to remedy this?

I was thinking of creating an index.html file then have it redirect to index.shtml. However I do not know the proper way to do this. Is there a better way?

Anybody have any ideas.

Thank You
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Hi there.
Unfortunately, that is not the way to do so... in order for you to have a mysite.com, you need to buy a domain name. Once you do, you would have to configure your domain host to point to your server
 
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Antero360 said:
Unfortunately, that is not the way to do so... in order for you to have a mysite.com, you need to buy a domain name. Once you do, you would have to configure your domain host to point to your server
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I do have my own domain, I only used "mysite.com" as an example. I use my actual domain for several things, a webserver is just one of the many.
 
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amd.64 said:
I do have my own domain, I only used "mysite.com" as an example. I use my actual domain for several things, a webserver is just one of the many.
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So then all you have to do is configure your domain to point to your ip address
This should be helpful

How to point your domain name to a dedicated server's IP address – servers.com

To point your domain name to your dedicated server's public IP address, you need to create an address record for the domain — an A record. An A record is part of the DNS system and it simply maps a domain name to an IP address.
www.servers.com www.servers.com
 
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I already have changed the A pointer in my DNS settings. That was never the problem nor is domain ownership.

When I or a visitor to my site enter "mysite.com" (just an example) into the address bar I or the visitor get a directory listing much like one would get when running dir in Windows command prompt or ls in Linux terminal (see image below). In order to actually see the content on the site I or the visitor must click on index.shtml or enter "mysite.com/index.shtml" into the address bar.

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