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[marm Friend marmJoin date: November 2008Posts: 47Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11]

#149712

I want to set the index priority to give html priority over php till my site goes live. this way I can have a html holding page but still test the site using index.php

Has anyone used the “DirectoryIndex” directive within a htaccess file to set the priority?

DirectoryIndex index.html

I cant get it to work, my htaccess knowledge is limited

any help would be great

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#337225

Hi marm

Would it not be easier to create a subdomain for the dev site?

That way you can leave the html site (holding page) intact until the .php site is working in the subdomain, and then transfer across to replace the html site?

This is the way I always work.

[marm Friend marmJoin date: November 2008Posts: 47Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11]

#337229

Yes that does make sense.

Do i just ftp the files from the subdomain to the root when i’m ready?

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#337231

Hi marm

That always works for me!

Just make sure no ‘hard coded’ links are still pointing at the subdomain … for instance:

http://subdomain.mysite.com/link

when it should be:

http://www.mysite.com/link

Hope this helps!

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