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1. skiva2u
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I left over a index.html file on my domain during the WP installation. Since then, my WP site will not load if I removed the index.html file.

   I wish to take away this index.html file, and allow my visitors to load my WP site straight way.

   Any solution?

   Thank You!

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Solution 1
   If allowed by your host, putting this in an .htaccess file could solve the problem:
   DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

   Solution 2
   Some hosts allow you to make a change, via their hosting control panel, to the DirectoryIndex. It's typically described as Indexes or Index documents, but may also require you to type something like
   DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
   or specify index.php as an index type file.

   Solution 3
   Instruct Apache to treat index.php as an index file. If you own the server, or have access to the http.conf file, simply modify the DirectoryIndex line in httpd.conf to:
   DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

   Solution 4
   Contact your host

3. skiva2u
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   That is very straight forward & informative.
   Thank you so much!

4. skiva2u
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have the access to .htaccess, just did a check & found this in it.

   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /skiva/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /skiva/index.php [L]
   </IfModule>

   # END WordPress

   Anything else should I edit besides adding

   DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

   TQ!

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