Is there perhaps also an index.php in the same folder?
No there is no index.php in the same folder.
Also one more thing i have noticed is in IE if i type www.mywebsitename.com it resolves to the www.mywebsitename.com/SYL
so its working in IE, but in Firefox its not working, in Firefox its still shows the Apache home page. So the index.html that you gave me earlier, does that need to be changed for Firefox compatibility ?
What happens if you go to www.mywebsitename.com/index.html?
I tried this in Firefox and its resolving to www.mywebsitename.com/SYL properly.... so not sure where the issue is.
Thanks,
deepna