Can't reassign default home page for site connection

Question

I am connecting to a site where index.php is the default home page.  For some reason, it keeps pointing to index.html and of course comes up "page not found".  I have edited the connection so that ONLY index.php is in the default page list (under index files tab), and it still looks for index.html.
I have deleted the entire connection, restarted contribute, navigated to the home page successfully during set up, only to have it look for index.html again.  I have also manually typed in the full url and index.php in another set up attempt.  I logged onto the server and deleted the entire folder that Contribute set up, thinking it was holding on to some information in the files there.  I restarted contribute, created a new connection to the site, and it STILL is looking for index.html.  It should be loading http://www.gotohudson.net but instead it's trying to load http://www.gotohudson.net/index.html.
HELP me get rid of that reference.....
thank you,
Marita

Answer 1

You can set the Home Page each roles also. Follow the below mentioned steps to set the homepage for your site.
Steps:
1) Administer the website.
2) Select the role, to whom you want to set the homepage.
3) Click on Edit Role Setting.
4) In the General category, Choose the Home page for users in this role.
5) Click OK to save and exit.
Hope this solves your problem.