How can I change the Folder's Directory Page in HTML?

Question

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>HTML Document</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    </head>
    <body>
        <a href="Folder/.">A Directory</a>
    </body>
</html>

By default when I open this link in my internet browser it shows a white page with the items in the directory. Can I change the Directory's Page. For example: http://www.aq.com/gamedesignnotes/ see how the URL points to a directory and not a HTML Document but still shows a page.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 22:15

Most webhosts will show an index.html if you navigate to a directory. You could just create a new file inside your directory called index.html and put your HTML there.

Then you can go to http://yoursite.com/directory and it will show the index.html file in that directory (http://yoursite.com/directory/index.html).

Here is a link to learn more

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 22:16

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It depends on your webserver. Apache HTTPD generates them using mod_autoindex which gives you some control over the apearence via directives such as IndexHeadInsert.

answered Jun 13 '13 at 22:16

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Your question is how to make pretty (seo friendly) urls right? How to make http://website.com/something show a specific html page?

This can be done using mod rewrite using .htaccess files.

Here's a stack overflow topic on mod rewrite:

Semantic URLs for static HTML files with .htaccess and mod_rewrite

Here are some tutorials on pretty urls:

http://zenverse.net/seo-friendly-urls-with-htaccess/

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/using-htaccess-files-for-pretty-urls/

How can I change the Folder's Directory Page in HTML?

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