TechNote (Archived)

Cannot find Guard Page when administrating a site in Contribute

Issue

When you access the Administer Websites dialog box for a given site in Contribute, you receive an error indicating that a guard page could not be found.

Reason

Guard pages only appear in folders that Contribute creates for its internal administration, and is set by default. In some instances, Contribute may fail to find the guard page because the protocol for the site is file:///, or the web server may modify all pages served using server side includes, or the web server is not configured for index pages or the index page may have a nonstandard name.

Solution

Disable the option for Directory Browsing on the web server to allow the guard page to be defined in Contribute. For more information on testing the Guard Page, go to this TechNote.

Additional Information

Also, in the Web Server category of the Administer Websites dialog box for that site, you see the same error if you click Find Guard Page in the Guard Page tab.