Publishing Both Default.asp and Default.htm Within IIS

 Last reviewed: January 21, 1998
Article ID: Q161068

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server version 3.0
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages version 1.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) defines a default publication document in the IIS Server Manager under the Directories tab. This document is defined as Default.htm on an initial installation of IIS. This default publication document is defined globally for all the IIS publication directories. When a remote user does not specify a particular file, the default document in that publication directory is displayed.

MORE INFORMATION

When Active Server Pages (ASP) is installed, you may want to have some additional publication directories that are defined as a Default.asp file. However, you will need a Default.htm file to redirect the browser to the Default.asp file.

A webmaster could include a Default.htm file to redirect the refresh of the client browser to the Default.asp page included in the ASP publication directory.

For example:

<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=default.asp"> </HEAD> </HTML>

Additional query words: asp default.htm default.asp
Keywords : PrgOther kbhowto
Version : WINNT: 1.0,3.0
Platform : winnt
Hardware : ALPHA x86
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: January 21, 1998
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