Title: Visit Site Link Error Message
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Visit Site Link Error Message

 *  [cdffit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdffit/)
 * (@cdffit)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visit-site-link-error-message/)
 * When I click on Visit Site from the dashboard this is the error message I get…
 * Directory has no index file.
    Browsing this site or directory without an index
   file is prohibited.
 * If you are the site’s webmaster, you can remedy this problem by creating a default
   HTML page with one of the following names:
 *  * index.html
    * index.htm * default.htm * Default.htm * home.html * Home.chtml
 * NOTE: Filenames are case sensitive, i.e., Home.html is not the same as home.html
 * How do I fix this? I am a beginner and I can’t even get started. Please let me
   know if WordPress is not for beginners.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visit-site-link-error-message/#post-2108836)
 * Try adding `DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm` to the top of an .
   htaccess file in your WP root folder.
 *  Thread Starter [cdffit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdffit/)
 * (@cdffit)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visit-site-link-error-message/#post-2108842)
 * Unfortunately, I don’t know what that means or how to do that.
    I click on the
   WordPress link from my host, iPage.com. I haven’t accessed any folders or directories.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visit-site-link-error-message/#post-2108846)
 * Try asking your hosts for assistance. It’s what you pay them for, after all.

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 * [visit site link](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visit-site-link/)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visit-site-link-error-message/#post-2108846)
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