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How should I name the start/home/intro page in my webspace?


These start page file names are recognised by our servers

There are certain files that webservers look for when accessing a directory. These files are the ones that appear automatically when a domain name is entered. The following names are the ones which are recognised. They are sorted in order of priority. If for example, in one directory there are two filenames which appear in the list, than the server will load the file higher up on the priority list.

Files names accepted and their priorities:

* index.html
* home.html
* index.htm
* welcome.html
* default.htm
* index.php3
* index.shtml
* home.shtml
* index.cgi
* home.cgi
* home.wml
* index.wml
* index.php4
* home.php4


For Internet capable WAP mobile phones, the file extension must not be .html, but .wml. WAP pages are supported in all our packages. The default document's name is then home.wml or index.wml

Hint
Please note the order and character cases in these filenames.


Please note
On some hosting packages you will need to use "index.htm or index.html" with a lowercase "i".


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