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Finding the Server’s Website Address
The address of your server’s website is:
http://serverDNSname
Replace the italicized placeholder with your server’s DNS name, which is shown in the
Information pane of Server Preferences.
If your server website is a group wiki, visitors must log in using the name and password
of a group member.
Hosting a Conventional Website
Instead of using a group wiki website set up for you by Mac OS X Server, you can have
your server host a conventional website consisting of static HTML files. You create the
website using web development software of your choice, or have someone do it for
you, and copy the website files to your server.
To host a conventional website:
1 Make sure your website’s main page is named index.html or index.php.
2 Open the server’s website folder at /Library/WebServer/Documents/, and optionally
delete the placeholder files.
3 Copy your website files to the website folder.
4 In the Web pane of Server Preferences, choose Server Home Page from the Home Page
pop-up menu.
5 If web services are not on, click the On/Off switch in the Web pane.