HEY! I'm doing the same thing. I use a redirect as well and it works and I just thought "Eh, that works".

Granted I don't think I can get my ISP to make this addition for me without charging me so I am still in the same boat there for now. But at least on my home Apache server I can make the change.

BTW: Just a quick thought...if you need to change the home page with this new method, you will need to shutdown and restart the server. Leaving it as a redirect means only updating the redirect file call. Something to think about if your into remote administration.

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Getting Apache to execute a CGI for the index page by S_Shrum
in thread Getting Apache to execute a CGI for the index page by LukeyBoy

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