default.aspx not loading by default - Sharepoint

Does http://servername/default.aspx work ?

If so then have a look at Alternative Access Methods (AAM)

If not then your DNS isn't recognizing servername. If you are getting
this problem when access the site while *on* servername then it is
almost certainly a AAM question.

See this new MS paper

http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
no questions by e-mail please



microUgly wrote:
> If I go to http://server/ I get "page not found" instead of default.aspx
> being loaded automatically.
>
> I've added "default.aspx" to the list of default content pages for the site
> under IIS but it didn't make a difference.
>
> What have am I forgetting?

Thanks Mike. I had seen that page but was overwhelmed with content that
didn't apply (such as the use of ISA Server). But at the bottom the "mistake
1" described what was happening.

All I needed to do was define the domain I was using in the "Alternate
Access Mappings". I originally had it set up only for the FQDN.

"Mike Walsh" wrote:

> Does http://servername/default.aspx work ?
>
> If so then have a look at Alternative Access Methods (AAM)
>
> If not then your DNS isn't recognizing servername. If you are getting
> this problem when access the site while *on* servername then it is
> almost certainly a AAM question.
>
> See this new MS paper
>
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
>
> Mike Walsh
> WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
> no questions by e-mail please
>
>
>
> microUgly wrote:
> > If I go to http://server/ I get "page not found" instead of default.aspx
> > being loaded automatically.
> >
> > I've added "default.aspx" to the list of default content pages for the site
> > under IIS but it didn't make a difference.
> >
> > What have am I forgetting?
>

Yes, there's far too much about ISA Server in the three part series that
this paper came from. I used to say read blog 2 first !

Mike Walsh




microUgly wrote:
> Thanks Mike. I had seen that page but was overwhelmed with content that
> didn't apply (such as the use of ISA Server). But at the bottom the "mistake
> 1" described what was happening.
>
> All I needed to do was define the domain I was using in the "Alternate
> Access Mappings". I originally had it set up only for the FQDN.
>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
>> Does http://servername/default.aspx work ?
>>
>> If so then have a look at Alternative Access Methods (AAM)
>>
>> If not then your DNS isn't recognizing servername. If you are getting
>> this problem when access the site while *on* servername then it is
>> almost certainly a AAM question.
>>
>> See this new MS paper
>>
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
>>
>> Mike Walsh
>> WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
>> no questions by e-mail please
>>
>>
>>
>> microUgly wrote:
>>> If I go to http://server/ I get "page not found" instead of default.aspx
>>> being loaded automatically.
>>>
>>> I've added "default.aspx" to the list of default content pages for the site
>>> under IIS but it didn't make a difference.
>>>
>>> What have am I forgetting?