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    From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.6 to All on Sat Feb 4 08:34:12 2023
    What do I have to do to get the HTTP portion of the BBS to show a homepage? I placed an index.html file in the /webroot folder. All I get is a 404 error page.

    Mike Dippel

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    * Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (3:712/1321.6)
  • From Björn Wiberg@2:201/137 to Mike Dippel on Sat Feb 4 15:13:21 2023
    Hello Mike!

    On 04 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...

    What do I have to do to get the HTTP portion of the BBS to show a homepage? I placed an index.html file in the /webroot folder. All I
    get is a 404 error page.

    You need to create a "www" subdirectory, i.e. "webroot/www/", and place the index file there.

    Hope this helps!

    Best regards
    Björn

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)
  • From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.6 to Björn Wiberg on Sat Feb 4 10:32:10 2023
    On 04 Feb 2023, Björn Wiberg said the following...

    Hello Mike!

    On 04 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...

    What do I have to do to get the HTTP portion of the BBS to show a homepage? I placed an index.html file in the /webroot folder. All I get is a 404 error page.

    You need to create a "www" subdirectory, i.e. "webroot/www/", and place the index file there.

    Hope this helps!

    Great. I will give it a try. Thanks.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (3:712/1321.6)
  • From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.6 to Björn Wiberg on Sat Feb 4 11:03:50 2023
    On 04 Feb 2023, Björn Wiberg said the following...

    Hello Mike!

    On 04 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...

    What do I have to do to get the HTTP portion of the BBS to show a homepage? I placed an index.html file in the /webroot folder. All I get is a 404 error page.

    You need to create a "www" subdirectory, i.e. "webroot/www/", and place the index file there.

    Hope this helps!

    It helped. You can check it out at: http://mystic-hobbies.com
    Thanks.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (3:712/1321.6)
  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Mike Dippel on Sat Feb 4 09:55:00 2023
    Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

    What do I have to do to get the HTTP portion of the BBS to show a homepage? I placed an index.html file in the /webroot folder.
    All I get is a 404 error page.

    It's always a good idea to try reading the documentation for the answers
    to such a question.

    This would seem to be promising:

    http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=config_server_servers#http



    ... When all else fails, read the instructions.
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  • From Björn Wiberg@2:201/137 to Mike Dippel on Sun Feb 5 10:08:45 2023
    Hello Mike!

    On 04 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...
    It helped. You can check it out at: http://mystic-hobbies.com
    Thanks.

    You're very welcome! Yep, seems to be working just fine!

    Best regards
    Björn

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)