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All website files must be inside the public_html folder.
Your home page should be named index.html (all lower-case).
Broken images may be in the wrong folder. Also the file name may not match what is in the HTML code.
Note: Site Studio requires the domain name to be fully propogated and resolving to Hostgator.
Site Studio support is at www.psoft.net/ssdoc/help.html
Note: Some FrontPage extensions may not be supported. cPanel will only support publishing with Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and newer versions.
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The best solution is to edit your .htaccess file and tell it to use index.html as your default page.
Read all about this by searching "Directory Index". http://support.hostgator.com/articles/directory-index
Seems that files dates we preserved in the past. I don't know what's going on. Any suggestions?
If you upgrade to a VPS or Dedicated server, you can run ProFTPd which supports that.
However, if you are happy to have EVERYTHING reset (including emails) please read http://support.hostgator.com/articles/restore-account-from-beginning-original-setup
@Robert, I recommend you do a full backup in cPanel, then follow the link I typed here and request us to wipe everything (this will include emails). Then you can submit the form at http://hostgator.com/restore and ask us to restore only the email accounts and emails.
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I uploaded the new file again, from within the HostGator panel, via your online FTP, but still no new web page. The file dates on the server reflect today's date. The new page was uploaded five hours ago, and still no change. I'm stumped.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.