Title: very basic question on first steps Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # very basic question on first steps * [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/) * I have just installed wordpress from cpanelX and it seemed to install correctly. To install it I was instructed to delete the index from my host file manager which I did. Now I can change the theme, write a post etc etc but nothing is changing my original home page. I know this is pretty basic but I am a novice. Help! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481703) * Can you provide a link to your blog? It’s easier to investigate the problem if we can see it. * Thread Starter [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481704) * I can but there is nothing to see yet. Just the original holding page. * [http://www.talesofasinglegirl.com](http://www.talesofasinglegirl.com) * there is obvio a key basic step missing. Can you dumb it down so I can understand?? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481706) * Yes, you actually have an index.html file in the root directory at `talesofasinglegirl. com/index.html` . Delete this file and everything should work correctly. * Thread Starter [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481710) * I already did this on the file manager, it was in the instructions from my hosting company. It still doesn’t seem to be working. Is there another way of deleting other than from the file manager? * Thread Starter [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481711) * or do you mean physically delete it from the hard drive? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481714) * It’s still there. If your cPanel is like mine, go to the File manager and select“ Web Root” if it asks where to go. If it doesn’t, then it’s going to the Home Directory. Just make sure that you navigate to public_html. Once there, select the index.html file and hit the Delete button up top. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to access your server via an FTP client and physically delete the index. html file. * Thread Starter [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481839) * I have gone to file manager to delete and also have deleted the actual index. html file and it is still not working. I don’t know what accessing the server via FTP client means? * [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/) * (@thisisedie) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481840) * Is WP installed in the root or in a directory of its own? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481841) * `http://www.talesofasinglegirl.com/index.html` still exists, so the file is still there. * First, you’ll need to get [an FTP client](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), then get the connection instructions from your hosting provider. Once you’re connected to your server with your FTP client, navigate to the `/public_html/` directory, and delete the `index.html` file. * Alternatively, you may be able to ask your hosting prover’s support department to “Delete the index.html file in `/public_html/` ” for you. * [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/) * (@thisisedie) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481842) * The index.html had not been deleted. If it was, you wouldn’t see it when you go to your URL. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481844) * thisisedie, it’s installed in the root. * [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/) * (@thisisedie) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481845) * Heh, I just did some looking and saw that 😉 * Thread Starter [singlegirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singlegirl/) * (@singlegirl) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481846) * now when I got to the site I get a list format headed ‘Index of..’. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481847) * The `index.php` file is missing. Download WordPress again and upload just the` index.php` file to `/public_html/` . * [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/) * (@thisisedie) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/#post-1481848) * Ahhh! I bet you deleted the index.php instead of the index.html the first time! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘very basic question on first steps’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 24 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-question-on-first-steps/page/2/#post-1481971) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics