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How do I control which page the web site opens with?



User: James G. 3 years ago
By default, if I use the site's root-level URL, it opens the first page in the list of web pages. Is there a way to override which page it will open initially from that base URL?

In my case, I have pages by year in chronological order, and want the most recent years page to open if I give the site's base URL.

Site looks something like:

Family
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020

So if folks open the URL http://mydomain.com/Family/, I want it to default to:
http://mydomain.com/Family/2020.html
rather than
http://mydomain.com/Family/2015.html.

Is there a way to do this? One thought is a dummy page that redirects as the very first page, but if there is something cleaner or better...

Last edit 3 years ago
User: EverWeb Support 3 years ago
Hi James,

Thanks for your question.

You can simply place the 2020 page first in the list and it will open it by default. Redirect will also work, but it is easier to just place the needed page first.

Best Regards,
Alex

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User: James G. 3 years ago
I like the existing order of the pages because it is natural for the navigation menu, which I believe is also 100% dependent on the order of the pages in the project. It would be nice if the site configuration page had an option to select the default page.

I will experiment with a hidden redirect page...

Thanks much for your quick reply - I mostly wanted to make sure I wasn't just overlooking an option somewhere...


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