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I have my site structure completed, and was working on the templates, and realized that I don;t know where the index page is for me to edit that.

The breadcrumb menu for home goes to: 0.0.0.1.0.0.0.html so why not something like index.shtml or index.html?

Sorry this might be a simple question but I can't find my answer.

eglwolf wrote:I have my site structure completed, and was working on the templates, and realized that I don;t know where the index page is for me to edit that.

The breadcrumb menu for home goes to: 0.0.0.1.0.0.0.html so why not something like index.shtml or index.html?

Sorry this might be a simple question but I can't find my answer.

did you try /index.shtml?

It works fine here: index.php as well

The index page is the first article you make in the the index structure: this is the top level default structure and so all you do is create an an article.
the templates must be made to be able to see the article though. you can search for many posts here that will walk you through creating a template.

if you turn redirection on in the conf.inc.php your url will reflect the ALIAS of a structure and swap the x.x.0.0.1.0 with the alias name you gave it.

they bring up two different pages. And I don't know how to edit either one in the admin area. And what page is the breadcrumb navigation pointing to?

http://www.equivity.com/v4/

Actually, the following:

http://www.equivity.com/v4/
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.php
http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.shtml

all take you to the same place

Admin->index (website start) is that place

http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.0.shtml
is the "rewritten" link back

and of course:
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.html
takes you to a page where you can choose to login or goto index.php

DeXXus wrote:Actually, the following:

http://www.equivity.com/v4/
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.php
http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.shtml

But for some reason they are different.. I have just cheked

???
My IE6 depicts the "EXACT" same screen for each of these

Actually, the following:

http://www.equivity.com/v4/
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.php
http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.shtml

So if they are all the same page, where in the admin area do I edit this, becuase I do not see this page listed anywhere under my articles.

frold wrote:

DeXXus wrote:Actually, the following:

http://www.equivity.com/v4/
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.php
http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.shtml

But for some reason they are different.. I have just cheked

ahh-- stupid me .. index.shtml is different.. sry But why?

eglwolf wrote:

Actually, the following:

http://www.equivity.com/v4/
http://www.equivity.com/v4/index.php
http://www.equivity.com/v4/0.0.0.1.0.0.shtml

So if they are all the same page, where in the admin area do I edit this, becuase I do not see this page listed anywhere under my articles.

it is handled by the .htaccess file...

eglwolf wrote: So if they are all the same page, where in the admin area do I edit this, becuase I do not see this page listed anywhere under my articles.

That is what phpWCMS does for you...

You enter separated (layout, templates, CSS) versus content via structure categories and articles and the CMS "writes them in relation to the "website start"

This is what my list of articles looks like, I have the templates, and structures and a couple articles in place.

Now where do I edit the content that I want on the index page?

Admin->page layout (default)
Admin->templates (default)
Admin->default CSS

Isn't that what you have modified to get the look of your current page when you type the URL to your site?????

If you want to have a "lead-in" page then you must create that transition page separately as "index.html"

From "index.html"

This is the default index page. Delete this page to be redirected automatically to index.php

hello

click at the + at the end of the index level in the article overview. then you can place your content for the index page!

Pappnase - thanks that did it. Bedore I create another site structure leve and then the home page article under that.

Like I said orginally, simple question or rather simple answer for a dummy like me.