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1. thisisradionick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am setting up wordpress for the first time. I got through the setup procedure and got a log in and password. When I log in I get, "Directory has no index file.". My domain is pointed to a file called index.html and I am not sure what to do. The site displays whatever is in index.html.

2. thisisradionick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Digging around in the forums I saw that you can't have index.html and index.php I deleted index.html and the website doesn't work anymore. Do I need to change my settings with my host to index.php?

3. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You want your hosting to be configured to look for index.php as a default, not index.html.

4. thisisradionick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks.

   I wonder why the error page specifically says to create a file called index.html? Unless I am missing something that seems misleading.

5. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Dunno, but I can tell you that's not a WordPress error page :-) Must be something your host has setup.

6. Kailash
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is not a wordpress message. The error pages must be setup on your host's server.

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