Title: HTML Redirects
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# HTML Redirects

 *  Resolved [Thomas Hanser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhanser/)
 * (@tomhanser)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-redirects/)
 * I have an HTML redirect file among a fresh install of WP. The redirect points
   to another live site of mine.
 * Problem is, when I go to view the site from the Dashboard, the HTML redirect 
   loads, which is a surprise. I would have thought index.php would load by default,
   but apparently I’m wrong.
 * I can build and edit content from the Dashboard, but I can’t view the site – 
   it redirects automatically. (I can’t even navigate to [http://www.domainname.com/index.php](http://www.domainname.com/index.php)–
   the redirect loads.)
 * Maybe developing a site from the root of a domain name isn’t the way to go?
 * Suggestions?
 * Should a .htaccess file be employed in this situation? What code would be used
   and what would it do, exactly?
 * I’ll keep researching this for a workaround.
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [Thomas Hanser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhanser/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-redirects/)
 * Status: resolved

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