[Article] Tell me all about index.html!

**Kayla** · March 8th, 2008, 3:05 AM

If you are new to Web Design and trying to figure out what the index.html file is this guide will help you.
Understanding what the index.html file is is very simple. The index.html file is the first file that your website looks for and in turn is the Home Page if you will of your website. An alternate file is index.php, which is a scripted file parsed by PHP to present Dynamic Information.
If you happened to just receive your welcome email from Surpass Hosting, change your nameservers and finish the process of Dns propagation but still see just a File directory... all you need to do now is create the first page for your web site so that when people visit yourdomain.com they will actually see something.
Create a Simple index.html File

Creating an index.html file is easy and can be done with practically any simple text editor. Notepad is a good start, But if you further your skills you might want to look at something along the lines of Dreamweaver, which is an editor that many professionals use.

Open your editor of choice and create a new file. Then, copy the following code in the box below into the code of your editor:
<html>
<head><title>Hello World</title>
<head>
<body>
Hello Visitor!
</body>
</html>

Then, save the file as index.html. Your done. Now you can proceed to uploading the file to your web site through your File Manager in cPanel or via cPanel®.

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Kayla Marketing Maven Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Chicago 24,757 posts Gave thanks: 946 Thanked 807 times	[Article] Tell me all about index.html! If you are new to Web Design and trying to figure out what the index.html file is this guide will help you. Understanding what the index.html file is is very simple. The index.html file is the first file that your website looks for and in turn is the Home Page if you will of your website. An alternate file is index.php, which is a scripted file parsed by PHP to present Dynamic Information. If you happened to just receive your welcome email from Surpass Hosting, change your nameservers and finish the process of Dns propagation but still see just a File directory... all you need to do now is create the first page for your web site so that when people visit yourdomain.com they will actually see something. Create a Simple index.html File Creating an index.html file is easy and can be done with practically any simple text editor. Notepad is a good start, But if you further your skills you might want to look at something along the lines of Dreamweaver, which is an editor that many professionals use. Open your editor of choice and create a new file. Then, copy the following code in the box below into the code of your editor: <html> <head><title>Hello World</title> <head> <body> Hello Visitor! </body> </html> Then, save the file as index.html. Your done. Now you can proceed to uploading the file to your web site through your File Manager in cPanel or via cPanel®. __________________ Follow Surpass on Twitter and Facebook And there's my own Twitter and LinkedIn

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