index.htm vs index.php

I have a website with a index.htm page. I am installing wordpress and I'd like to ask if index.php will supercede index.htm since it i dont want wordpress to showup while I am constructing it.

thanks

 

I don't know what you mean :S.

 

Yes, well, by default. You can change this but usually index.php will execute before index.htm.

 

delete index.htm

only use what you need.

 

my index.htm says that the page is under construction. So while contructing the website with joomla im afraid that index.php will supercede. is this correct?

 

try it out, i doubt anybody will see it in the time it take you to work out stuff.

you could aslo try it by creating a subfolder.

 

You could edit the index.php file and put a condition like if it's not your IP then forward to index.htm instead.

 

I will probably edit it later in wee hours

 

PHP is way better. It allows for dynamic code also.

 

Call your file maintainence.html, upload that, then set this line in your htaccess file:

Directory Index maintainence.html

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Upload that, and you're done.

 

On most servers from what I remember it would go:

index.html -> index.php -> index.htm

 

This is probably the best method to take

 

^ Sohan is right, change index.htm to index.html

Synchronium, the correct DirectoryIndex directive should be:

DirectoryIndex maintainence.html

Code (markup):

 

Change htm to html, but like was said above, php is the ultimate due to dynamic code abilities.

 

It depends on what order it is in the server config. As said earlier you can override that with a .htaccess file

 

Usually the index.htm will load insteal of the php.

 

which is which?

 

Yeah, you're right.

 

how will I edit the .htaccess?

 

Windows won't let you create a .htaccess file (since it has no name before the extension) so open command prompt ( run --> 'cmd' ), type in:

cd c:\website\path\

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to get to the directory your website is followed by:

echo DirectoryIndex maintainence.html > .htaccess

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then find the newly created htaccess file in your website directory and upload it.

If you already have one, open it in notepad.