Title: No index?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# No index?

 *  Resolved [TheGreatBundini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegreatbundini/)
 * (@thegreatbundini)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/)
 * Just tried my first install. Followed the instructions to the letter. Got to 
   the admin panel and everything, I can even _make_ posts. There’s just no index
   file. When I click ‘View Site,’ I simply get a directory listing. No index is
   listed.
 * I should note that I currently don’t have a domain pointing to that address, 
   so it’s only an IP. Could this have caused some issue during the install?

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346529)
 * Well, it could, but first you need to make sure a couple of things:
 * 1. That your server is set to allow index.php as a viable index file;
 * 2. and that you’ve actually uploaded the index.php;
 * 3. and that there’s not an index.htm or index.html in the folder.
 *  Thread Starter [TheGreatBundini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegreatbundini/)
 * (@thegreatbundini)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346554)
 * Like I said, I see no index file in the directory. I just followed the instructions,
   unzipped the directory, uploaded it to the site’s right, and navigated to
    “/
   wp-admin/install.php” and ran through that.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346556)
 * What about point 1. above? And if there’s no index file (of any extension) in
   the directory, then something didn’t upload properly, so the install couldn’t
   have proceeded properly.
 *  Thread Starter [TheGreatBundini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegreatbundini/)
 * (@thegreatbundini)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346560)
 * Yeah, sorry about that. Point #1 wasn’t really a concern, the server was set 
   up properly.
 * I just deleted the DB, all the files, and started from scratch. Seemed to work
   this time. Must have been an FTP error. Weird.
 * Thank you for your help vkaryl. 🙂
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346563)
 * Well, of course, that DOES sometimes fix things. It’s known as “gremlins in the
   machine” (as opposed to deus….) hmmm….
 * You’re welcome, glad it’s fixed, looks like it’s time for me to get some sleep.

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 * Last reply from: [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-index/#post-346563)
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