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Typical default files names include:
 
Typical default files names include:
  
* <code>index.html</code>
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* '''index.html'''
* <code>index.html</code>
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* '''index.php'''
  
 
It is common for all subfolders within a website to include a [[web page]] file by the same default file name.
 
It is common for all subfolders within a website to include a [[web page]] file by the same default file name.

Latest revision as of 17:28, 20 August 2016

A home page (homepage, index page, front page or main page) is the initial or main web page of a website.

A home page commonly (but not necessarily) uses a default file name.

Default web server files

The term "index page" is not limited to home pages.

Web servers support default file names, which the server references when a request does not include a file name.

Typical default files names include:

  • index.html
  • index.php

It is common for all subfolders within a website to include a web page file by the same default file name.

The server checks the list from top to bottom, using the first file name which it finds. A server administrator can edit the list.

See also

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