So, my question is, Have I misunderstood what I need to do?
Just delete the index.html file you are referring to that says the site is
under construction, then your index file probably index.htm will become the
default that will open. Until you overwrite or delete the index.html file it
will be the one that opens.
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrus" <RockHaven(a)3rivers.net>
To: <mtgen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MTGEN] Glacier County is now Live
> Great! Thanks Karen,
>
> I need help, then. :-)
>
> I accessed using Fetch (FTP for Mac, free for non-profit orgs)
> without a hitch the address:
> <ftp://mtbeaver:@beaverhead.mtgenweb.org/>
>
> I copied my files and set permissions which are working presently at:
> <
http://www.3rivers.net/~rockhaven/BhGenWeb/>
>
> I then tried to access via web browser at the url:
> <
http://beaverhead.mtgenweb.org/>
>
> and got a response on an ix web hosting page stating:
>>
beaverhead.mtgenweb.org
>> is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION
>> You can access your website from:
>> <d11983829.u57.c5.ixwebhosting.com>
>>
>> Permanent address access to this website will be available once
>> all DNS servers update themselves in the next few days.
>
>
> (initially, there was a message in the largest area of the page
> saying I would be redirected in a moment, which it did, filling that
> window area with links to popular places, many of them genealogy,
> etc. Clicking the link offered (
d11983829.u57.c5.ixwebhosting.com)
> which did nothing any better. I gather this is the hosting service
> response when my account didn't work.
>
> I then wondered if the account needed a public_html folder, so I made
> one, set permissions to 755 and moved all my files into it and tried
> again to access via browser, with no better results.
>
So, my question is, Have I misunderstood what I need to do?
> Or does it take a while to get processed and accepted?
> Or what suggestions might there be?
> Do I need a .htaccess file for this cite? different settings?
> (Think we didn't on Rootsweb but do on our 3rivers account)
>
> Thanks
> Ben Andrus
> Beaverhead
>
> P.S. your river photo on the right is a bit partial-loaded looking
> (and faded).
> Not sure if its the source or the downloading I got, but...
>
> _________________________
> On 2008 Mar 26, at 10:15 am, Karen De Groote-Johnson wrote:
>
>> Glacier County has completed it's move and can be found at
>>
http://glacier.mtgenweb.org. If anyone notices any missing graphics,
>> please let me know. I feel very proud of the referral page on RW, if
>> you want to chuckle at it.
rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtglacie. One
>> thing
>> I want to report on is that I was not able to FTP the graphics from
>> the
>> RW account. They were all truncated or skewed in some manner. I
>> had to
>> save each one individually to my computer and FTP up to the new
>> site. I
>> don't know if RW is making is intentionally difficult to move but I
>> thought I would report this anomaly. Maybe it is just my ancient FTP
>> program throwing a fit. Jim, what is the link to get that FileZilla??
>> I like FREE. LOL
>>
>> A suggestion for those moving your sites, make an announcement on the
>> Boards. I did last night and this morning woke up to a submitter
>> sending me class pics from the 1930s. This is the first submission I
>> have gotten in over a year. Keep in front of your researchers.
>> Glacier
>> is such a tiny site but hopefully that will soon be changing with this
>> type of help.
>>
>> Gayle, I did change my link for Flathead to your new site. The one I
>> had was the digisystem and I saw your referral page.
>>
>> Have a great day everyone!
>> Karen in Iowa
>>
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