This article lists the directory index files the web servers are configured
to serve. A directory index file is the default page the server will display to
the client when no page is defined in the URL.
You can have more than one index file in each directory; the server will
decide which index file to display based on the order listed below.
Unix
Shared Hosting Servers
Index files and order for Unix shared web hosting servers.
As with all files on Unix
operating systems, the index files are case sensitive and must be all lower
case.
| Order |
Index File Name |
| 1 |
at_domains_index.html |
| 2 |
index.html |
| 3 |
index.html.var |
| 4 |
index.shtml |
| 5 |
index.cfm |
| 6 |
index.php |
| 7 |
index.htm |
Windows
Shared Hosting Servers
Index files and order for Windows shared web hosting servers.
| Order |
Index File Name |
| 1 |
at_domains_index.html |
| 2 |
index.html |
| 3 |
index.htm |
| 4 |
index.cfm |
| 5 |
index.shtml |
| 6 |
index.shtm |
| 7 |
index.stm |
| 8 |
index.php |
| 9 |
index.php3 |
| 10 |
index.asp |
| 11 |
index.aspx |
| 12 |
default.htm |
| 13 |
default.asp |
| 14 |
default.aspx |
