HTML - Index/front Page

Hey everyone. Wanted your opinions and knowledge on something. I have a friend who is setting up a splash page for her site. However the way her hosting company has things set up she will need to rename her current home page from index.html to something else, and make the splash page the new index.html.

She's under the impression that if her current home page is renamed to something other than index it will lose significant value in her website's ranking. I've never heard of that. Her meta tags will be kept intact, and the splash page will have meta tags, and will link to both the home page and sitemap so I don't think search engines will have any problem spidering her site. And I don't really think it will affect her ranking.

What do you all think? Am I wrong?

I am new to the forum, and relatively new to web design. I recently updates some things on a very basic page for my wife who is a hair stylist. For whatever reason, the index page will not display in IE or Chrome, but will just fine in Firefox. I've checked everything and just can't find what is causing the issue.

http://amyappletonhairdesign.com

These pages on the same site display fine if you need a point of reference:

http://amyappletonhairdesign.com/services.html
http://amyappletonhairdesign.com/contact.html

Thank you!

I'm not sure what to call it, so I'll call it an index.

I want the top of my page to have the links A B C D E F G .... and so on, and I want those to link to other letters further down on the page. I'm making a directory for music reviews I have done. So basically, if you click on 'G' you will be scrolled down to the index of bands with names starting with G.

How is this done?

Im in the middle of creating a forum which has an "front page". I just cant get it to look right, and was wondering if anyone here can see where i am going wrong?

http://newcarnews.slarti3.myfreeforum.org/index.html
The image below is how i want it to look.




The code i have for the index.html page is
Code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles/newcarnews.myfreeforum.org1/theme/stylesheet.css" type="text/css" />


<script type="text/javascript">

		<div id="f_11">
		<script type="text/javascript">
		<!--
		tmp = 'f_11';
		if(GetCookie(tmp) == '2')
		{
			ShowHide('f_11', 'f_11_h', 'f_11');
		}
		//-->
		</script>
		<div><div class="c-h-l"><div class="c-h-r"><div class="c-h-c"><img style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:8px;float:left;cursor:pointer;" src="" onclick="javascript:ShowHide('f_11','f_11_h','f_11');" alt="" /><div class="c-h-title"><h4><a class="c-h-link" href="./viewforum.php?f=11">New Car News</a></h4></div></div></div></div>

<table class="tablebg" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
	<th width="50" cellpadding="0" align= "left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

</tr>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://feeds.theblogresource.com/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Frss.feedsportal.com%2Ffeed%2Fnewcarnet%2Fnews&chan=y&num=3&targ=y&html=a" type="text/javascript"></script>

<noscript>
<a href="http://feeds.theblogresource.com/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Frss.feedsportal.com%2Ffeed%2Fnewcarnet%2Fnews&chan=y&num=3&targ=y&html=y">View RSS feed</a>
</noscript>
				<tr>

I have copied bits of the code from various places on my forum but i cant seem to get it right.

Any help?

Thanks

Jake

My current web site is at "CAVAglass.com"

I created "http://www.cavaglass.com/gallery/1.GORMENGHAST.htm" and want it to be my new Index Page. All the links work fine here.

When I rename "http://www.cavaglass.com/gallery/1.GORMENGHAST.htm" as "index.htm", and open my "CAVAglass.com" website this home page looks fine, but no links work.

Any suggestions? Best,
Joseph

Hi,
I'm a newbie, and have taught myself from books and the web, so please be patient with me! I have noticed these symbols appear at the bottom left of my index page:
 

My site is http://www.artish.com.au.

It doesn't appear when I check the page before uploading it. It only seems to appear in IE (firefox doesn't show it). Just wondering what it is, and how to get rid of it?

Thanks in advance for any help offered...

Leticia

When I enter the URL for my website, it does not direct to index.htm (the homepage). It shows what appears to be the same page as the index, but it does not show up in the address bar. I have made edits to the index page and they are not reflected in the homepage. Why is this, and how can I change it? I don't know how it got this way.

mikebradleyphoto.com

I think there is a simple fix for this...but I can't think of it.

My client has an existing site (not very well designed and no templates) with hundreds of static pages. She wants me to create a new home (index.htm) page that is just a simple landing page where people can choose to enter her website OR visit the store to purchase products.

Simple enough...but, now all of the 100's of static pages have the link Home=index.htm on them. I want people to type in the URL: www.mysite.com (for example) and land on the new page to choose to go to the site to learn about her and her music OR go to the store to shop.

Once they are in the site, however, and hit the home link, I don't want them to go 'all the way back out' to the new landing page. I want them to go back to the 'old' index.htm page (or her current home page), without having to change the index.htm links on those 100's of pages.

Is there an easy fix for this, using a naming convention for the home page?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a bit stumped on this one.

guys, Im hoping someone can help me out. i am a flash designer and my flash movie opens in a 1024 x 680 fixed window but my index page is html ( a page with a picture and an "enter here" button and im trying to get this jpg to fill the full horizontal width of the screen in all resolutions. it looks fine @ 1024 x 768 but of you go higher, obviously you cant make the image wider or it will distort so i think the layout will have to be sectional ( tables perhaps or divs breaking the image into sections or something). i think the jpg has to be chopped up. if you see the picture, you will get the idea. i want it to fill the width of the screen regardless of screen resolution. im not sure what to do, i need so serious design help. I know that some of you can prob do this in 5 minutes but im trying to learn. the problem is that my site is complete but i cant launch until my index page is done. i dont know what to do.

im new to html but am a flash programmer. i just want a index page to launch my site but have it look ok regardless of screen resolution / size.

can someone take a look at this jpg and perhaps show me what to do so that my picture will always be to the far left and the enter button / box it is in will stay to the right. I can really use some help. i am attaching my image and also an example url that shows a site where the intro page does this. the image always stays to the left and everything keeps proper postion.

i really can use some helpsample_&_image.zip

Hi there,

I have 2 tables, the 1st is aligned on the left, the other on the right.
Now i don't want them to cross, but if they do, I want the left table to slide over the right.
At the moment the right-alligned tabel slides over the left.
What should I do?

Hi there,

I am creating a website and I need to have a drop down list that can be added to by the front end user.

For example I need a language drop down list that has say 5 languages in it. When someone visits my page and requires a language that is not in the drop down, they need to be able to add it in via a text box.

What is the code for this?

Also I have got the drop down already made I just need to be able to know how to enable the front end user to add to it.

Thanks heaps,

Raggy

Our client, a prestigious NY company, is seeking a Senior Web Developer to lead front-end development. The Senior Web developer is responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on product specifications, wireframes and design, developing standards and best practices, drafting technical specifications, cross browser unit testing and using source control and versioning procedures. They are responsible for full lifecycle development of templates and client-side functionality based on wireframes, design files, and functional specifications utilizing HTML, CSS and JavaScript/AJAX.

You will be driven to succeed with good all round skills and an enthusiastic approach to your work.

The candidate will be responsible for the full Web site development lifecycle. Also the candidate is expected to be an active problem solver.

The candidate will have a minimum of two years professional experience, with a major in Computer Science preferred.

Please send your resume as, cover letter and salary expectations to hr@avity.com with the subject: WEB

I finally figured out how to add text to my index and now I have another question. In my website template There is Heading 1 and a Heading 2 so my question is how do I delete any sections or headings that I don't need to make it go away on my home page. There is so much and I don't think I need all of it..... Thanks in advance

Like if I just wanted an image