confused by page alias

[rayh]

Hi

Problems with implementing a page alias. I am trying to run my old html alongside 'my develping CMSms site'. My understanding is that to call a page held within the CMS data base from an external outside. I have been reading your 'how to motorise your old plain html site' article I'm confused a bit by this part:

Step 2 : Move your content
Now it is time to start "replicating" one simple static page and then to treat all of them.

For example domain.net/aboutus.html :

Log in the admin.
In the content, create a new page.
Important : give it the "aboutus" alias. (where do I assign the alias - see lalso below)
Set its title from the old static page's title.
Copy the content of you old static page and paste it in the new page.
Assign a template to the new page.
(Backup and) delete the old aboutus.html file on the webserver.
Browse to domain.net/aboutus.html to see the new dynamic content responding.

If I set this using the menu label then my default page was index.html and I really dont want to see a menu item called 'index'. So I am a bit confused and put out. Also as per another post I just cannot 'call' the index.html through the url (I am using local host/cms/index.html) return page not found so I am as I said confused.

Also - if I am changing pages as I go then I will want to call a page 'housed' in the cms environment and of course back again - how do I do this?

The article referred to above says you can but it does'nt explain how.
Thank you.

[Dr.CSS]

The alias is in the Options tab when editing/making a page...

In cmsms your home page is index.php not index.html so you go to localhost/cms/index.php unless you put your old index.html in the root of cms folder no you won't find it, as for menu text and title of page, Home would be Home and any other page will be whatever you name it, the address is made from the alias of the page which is taken from the Title not Menu Text...

[rayh]

Hi Mark

Thanks - sort of got that - I've also mentioned this matter in my post regarding 'calling' a php page post.

R