I have just moved my website from a Zeus server to an Apache server. I need to change a couple of entries in the 'non-standard' .htaccess that Zeus uses and would appreciate advice 'translating the following directives: DirectoryIndex index.php redirect permanent /index.shtml http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/index.php Code (markup): just incase (not wanting to teach granny to suck eggs) the first tells Zeus that 'index.php' is the file to be served when a specific file is not reqested. AS there is only one entry on the line this is the only vaid option, i.e. index.html (if it existed and index.php did not exist) would not be served. the second tells Zeus to report a '301' if the first file name is requested and redirect to the second entry. I believe this is a rewrite - but I have a lot to learn about Apache and just want to get the site 'up' at this time. Any help appreciated. Happy New Year ALL Allan