general website building help - possibly using hostpapa

I can use the basics of frontpage and dreamweaver.
I am usuing www.hostpapa.com as a host.
I have pages built from dreamweaver.
How do i upload the dreamweaver webpage i created so that it is the homepage on the site?
When I click on the webpage it shows the uploaded webpage i created along with other indexes.
I have to click on the webpage link to display it… and its not the homepage.

The homepage shows:
Index of /
mydomainname.com.htm (my frontpage page)
White plate.jpg (the picture for it)
contact/
images/
photos/
postinfo.html
Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.mydomainname.com Port 80

HELP! Thanks a bunch for any help!

It’s been a long time since I’ve used Frontpage, but I think this is what the “Publishing” feature does.

Your home page has to be named so that the server recognizes it as the default home page. Rename your home page to index.html

Dreamweaver has its own FTP function so you can upload/download files.

Don’t mix FP-generated and DW-generated web pages on the same site. FP doesn’t play well.

I will rename it,
thanks for the info about not mixing… i never thought of that! :smack:

I’m not sure I completely understood your OP, but you might need to name your home page “index.html”

success, thanks!

Ok Next question is:
How do i make the links i created on the homepage go directly where they need to go?
i.e. I have a “contact tab” on the homepage, but when clicked it goes to the:
*Index of /contact
Parent Directory
Contact.htm
cgi-bin/
images/ *
If you click *contact.htm *then it will go to the "contact page i created.
Im sure it is as simple as renaming too!?!
Thanks again guys!

The links have to go to the exactly named page. An anchor, or link, has two elements - the text that is clicked on: “contact page”, and the name of the page file itself: “contact.html”.

Make sure they’re both done and spelled correctly:

<a href=“contact.html”>contact page</a>

Huh. Deja vu.

Ok, thanks guys!