Directory index for OSCommerce?

[Julieann]

I am setting up OSCommerce, and in the instructions are the following:

2. You need to add default.php to your directory index listing in the httpd.conf file for apache so you can access your store by www.yourserver.com/catalog/ instead of www.yourserver.com/catalog/default.php

If you have your own server you can make these changes yourself by editing the apache configuration file located at /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
Add this statement:
DirectoryIndex? index.php default.php
To the <IfModule? mod_dir.c> section of your httpd.conf file.

Okay, how do I do this? I'm not finding the file. I have a feeling I'm not looking in the right spot.

[Geoff]

you dont have access to httpd.conf ... you can edit your .htaccess file in the Control Panel to add in the DirectoryIndex line.

[Julieann]

But won't that mean that anyone wanting to even SHOP would need a password just to access the store?

[Coyote]

There are 4 or 5 files to edit and you can change default.php to index.php

I did it and it took a couple of minutes.

If your still having a problem I will look up the file changes needed for you

[Geoff]

password protection is only one thing you can do with .htaccess - using it doesnt mean you have to password protect anything ... the last snapshot i downloaded of osCommerce had a .htaccess file that would do the job included ... have you checked this?

Otherwise here is a link explaining everything you can do with .htaccess ...

http://javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml

[Julieann]

Thanks for all the help. Turns out, instead of using something like:

DirectoryIndex? index.php default.php

All I needed was:
DirectoryIndex? default.php

Now it's working! Horrah! Now, if I can just get the images to show up again on the admin page (they were showing up yesterday!!!!).....