If, when you navigate to your website, all you see is a list of files then more than likely your homepage has a non-standard file name. There are a couple of ways to go about resolving this.
Renaming your index filename:
- Login to your hosting account via FTP
- Navigate to your web root "/public_html/"
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Next locate your homepage filename and rename it to "index.html" (if
it's a different type of file you will need to use the correct
extension)
- If you attempt to check your website again you should see it displaying correctly
Adding your filename to the htaccess file:
- Login to your hosting account via FTP
- Navigate to your web root "/public_html/"
- Locate and edit the .htaccess file within your account
- Add the following line within the hataccess file:
DirectoryIndex Default.htm
- Make the necessary adjustment to the text in bold mentioned above
- Save the changes, and re-upload the .htaccess file if you downloaded it
- If you attempt to check your website again you should see it displaying correctly
Performing one, or both, of these steps should have resolved the issue you were experiencing.
