Posted 2 years ago #
Hello. I now have WordPress loaded into the root directory of my site and would like it to appear as the home page. I put up a temporary page some time ago, and its file name is index.html. How do I get the temp page to go away now and WordPress to appear?
I am new at this. Can you tell?!?
Posted 2 years ago #
Delete or rename the index.html.
Posted 2 years ago #
Thank you for the help. I deleted the index.html and now I just see an "Index of" file, showing all the files in the directory. What would the next move be?
Posted 2 years ago #
Is there an index.php in the root directory, as there should be? If so, try browsing directly to that page http://<domainname>/index.php. What do you see? If index.php is not there, it needs to be uploaded. Most likely, your server doesn't support PHP or it isn't reading index.php as a default file.
Posted 2 years ago #
You're right. There is no index.php file, though I know the server does support it. Where would I upload the php file from, or otherwise get that file to say what it need to say?
Posted 2 years ago #
When you unzip the WordPress .zip file, there is an index.php in the root directory-- same folder as wp-config-sample.php. You need to upload that one.
Posted 2 years ago #
Ah! Excellent! I will take a look for it. And thank you so much for your help! I will let you know how it goes. Bests to you!
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