First page at web site

[Lawrence Beyer]

What determines which page is the first to
show at a web site? Is it always index.htm, or
is it determined by hyperlinks? Also, what page,
or pages, do search engines scan for listings? I
want to make some changes, but not until I know
the results.
Thanks for all the help I have been getting here.

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Steve Easton]

The server and its settings for the default page.
The default page is the one that shows if you click a url with no page defined, such as
www.website.com
Normally the default is index,html or default.html

Obviously a url that specifies a page, such as www.website.com/mypage.htm will open that
specific page.


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[john]

What determines which page is the first to
show at a web site? Is it always index.htm, or
is it determined by hyperlinks? Also, what page,
or pages, do search engines scan for listings? I
want to make some changes, but not until I know
the results.
Thanks for all the help I have been getting here.

(e-mail address removed)

Home page naming conventions

When someone searches for your domain in a browser, the web server will
automatically look in the public directory for an index file. It will
search for specific files in this order: index.htm, index.html,
index.shtml, index.phtml, index.php, index.php3 and index.wml. The
server will return the first index file it finds, regardless of any
other files you have. Therefore, it is best to keep only one index file
in your public directory to avoid confusion. If your package does not
include scripting, your page must be named index.htm or index.html.

 

[Andrew Murray]

No, it is determined by whatever your host/admin sets it as.

 

[Ronx]

That list, and its order, does not apply to all servers. The host
sets the list in the server configuration according to what he wants
to support. For a Windows server Default.htm, Default.asp,
Default.aspx may also be present, and probably the first entries.