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[sylvest]

If a user enters a URL with just a directory name, what files does the server look for in whch order?

 

I.e. if the user enters http://www.mysite.org/subfolder1, and in the directory /home/myaccount/public_html/subdirectory1 I have some of the files

index.html

index.htm

index.php

index.php3

default.html

etc.

 

Which file does the server return?

 

Thanks - Rowan

[TCH-Bruce]

It will return index.html unless you have modified your .htaccess file to do otherwise.

[sylvest]

It will return index.html unless you have modified your .htaccess file to do otherwise.

What if there's no index.html file? What other files does it recognise, and in which order does it choose them?

 

How do I alter this in the .htaccess file?

 

Thanks - Rowan

[TCH-Bruce]

index.htm, index.php and others.

 

You can add the following to your .htaccess in that directory

 

>DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.cgi default.html default.html

 

It will serve the first one if finds in the order you specify them.

 

.htaccess is a text file. You can use the editor in cPanel to create and/or edit it.