Setting the Index and URL Mapping dialog box options

Depending on your web server configuration and the complexity of your website, Contribute may not be able to automatically detect all possible web server configurations. The purpose of this dialog box is to specify alternative configurations for your website’s index files and alternative web addresses.

• Index files

  An index page is the web page that appears by default when a visitor visits a website. For example, if you enter the address www.mysite.com/ into a web browser, the page that appears may actually have the URL www.mysite.com/index.html.

  Contribute includes a comprehensive list of possible index page names arranged in the order that they most often occur; however, you may need to specify exact page filenames and display order. For more information, see Web server index pages.

• Alternative website addresses

  Some websites have multiple web addresses (URLs) that point to the same web pages. These sites use Domain Name Service (DNS) aliases, which allow several web addresses to refer to a single website. For example, www.mysite.com and www.mysite.org are technically different website addresses, but could point to the same website. If your website uses more than one web address, you must configure Contribute to recognize all the possible web addresses. For more information, see Alternative website addresses.

  You can perform the following tasks with this dialog box:

  • Entering an index filename

  • Entering an alternative website address

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