cannot load webpage on IIS 4!!!

can anybody help me: i installed IIS 4 on my system (windows NT 4) but i cannot get any pages to load! anything??

Qin_23

Have you flicked on the power switch?

//NoXcuz

for some reason, the page will only load as a directory browsing page. when i click on the home page in the directory page, it loads fine. i have no idea why this is happening. i have never used IIS before.

Have you set the default page correctly, ie. index.html, index.asp, default.htm or whatever?

Regards, Ed.

i think i have. problem is that the only time anything will load is when the "directory browsing" is ticked. all other times the page says "Directory Listing Denied This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed." blah, blah blah. i have no idea what that means. i ticked the "read" box so i don't know anymore.

Qin_23

Hi,

Your web server needs to know what default document to serve in the absence of a specific .html, .php, .asp page. If you select 'browsing' all the directory contents will be shown, you can click on the link to any doc, IIS is working fine.

On *X boxes, the standard is index.html. IIS uses default.htm (I think) but most people change it to use index.html.

Your problem is most likely that there is no document which matches your default setting. What is your 'home' page? It is best to stick with 'index.html' as the default.

To set the default document (not done this for a while, so bear with me!) , go into IIS service manager, right click on the site root, select properties then select the document tab. It (should) be set to serve default.htm as the default doc. Add index.html (or whatever your 'home page' naming convention is?) and then select ok. I don't think you need to re-start IIS, but I wouldn't be suprised if you have to?

Regards, Ed.

Thanx Ed!
it worked now, no problems. i'm just and idiot

Qin_23