Setting a different homepage.

[CCUK]

I'm currently designing my online shop and would like to use the "online catalogue" page to be my default homepage rather than "home".

I've unticked the box "use website homepage" and changed the "page filename" to show P_shop.html (online catalogue page) however, when i run a page preview the home page (index.html) still appears.

Any ideas how i set the online catalogue to be my homepage?

Thanks,
Adam.

[jont]

The shop page is shop.html not P_shop.html which is the local preview version - you are also probably best including the full URL eg: http://www.domaine.com/acatalog/shop.html

[CCUK]

Thanks.
I've just renamed it to shop.html but when i try and preview it i get the error message... The specified file name conflicts with another file name???

Cheers,
Adam.

[jont]

Are you renaming the actual file P_shop.html?

You should set under Design | Options | Misc | Homepage link | URL = http://www.domain.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html

Actinic creates the shop.html page on the fly - the P_shop.html page is an offline preview which you should not be linking to.

HTH

[jont]

If you want the shop.html page to be the full homepage that people see if just entering www.domain.co.uk you will need to include a .htaccess to redirect the browser from the default index.html page to the shop.html page.

Using notepad create a file as follows:

Redirect index.html acatalog/shop.html

save as temp.txt

Using windows explorer rename the file as .htaccess - notice the full stop before "htaccess"

You will need to upload this file to the root of the website using an FTP programe. So whenever some access your site the default index.html page will be redirected to your shop page.

[CCUK]

Okay that explains it, cheers.
Unfortunately i am still using the trial version i downloaded (8 days left) and i cannot view the catlogue on my domain in the trial version as Actinic only give you a test domain to use before purchasing.

[jont]

OK - good luck with the rest of the trial and let us all know when your site is up and running if you go with Actinic