hi! i was just wondering that when on the address bar of the browser we type the site address how does the server sitting on the other side know which is the default page to display at first?can anyone clear this doubt of mine. thanx in advance parul
Originally posted by parul sharma: hi! i was just wondering that when on the address bar of the browser we type the site address how does the server sitting on the other side know which is the default page to display at first?can anyone clear this doubt of mine. thanx in advance parul
It can be configured on the web server to point to a particular page.
Parul, Actually home page of a site consumes this benefit. In IIS we write down the name in a GUI, in Tomcat we edit the web.xml file etc. Typically its index.html, index.htm, index.jsp, index.jsp, default.html or default.htm.
Ashik Uzzaman Engineering Manager, Marqeta, Oakland, CA, USA