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by yeejing on November 11th, 2007

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Why we must name the main page of your website as 'index.html'?

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  • by EL1 2 on November 12th, 2007

    EL1 2

    We need not!

    Some websites use index.php, index.asp, index.shtml, index.htm, index.jsp, index.py, etc.

    It all depends on the configuration of the website. You can also use apache rewrite rules if you're using apache to make it otherwise.

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  • by Karl Plesz on November 12th, 2007

    Karl Plesz

    Because convention indicates that if you enter a web url (such as www.website.com), the server hosting that site will automatically serve the file index.html, which acts as the front page or welcome page of the site. You can of course bypass that default page by putting a different file name in the url (such as www.website.com/music.html).

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