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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add a New Page

Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points
Posted by Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points

Every time I click the preview workspace button a page comes up that says ''index of'. Why is that?

The '"index of " page has ..... css/ img/ about.html index.html. Then i click index.html then that's when i see the webpage. I have an issue with this because now i am adding pages to the website and in order for me to see the about page, i have to click the about.html to see it. Also when i click ''about"" on the website, it says "500 internal server error''. Am i doing something wrong?

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Tresanne, can you provide the code you think might be the issue?

Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points
Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points

That is the thing. I do not think it is something wrong with the code. It is just that every time i click the ''preview workspace" that looks like an eye, it does not take me directly to the webpage. I will take a screen shot of what i mean.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Tresanne, it's going to be easier to help if you could provide some code to double check. For instance, how are you linking the files? Could you provide those bits of HTML?

Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points
Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points

Ok i used this code to link the ''about page'' to the index page. 

          <ul> 
            <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
            <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
            <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
          </ul>
        </nav>

3 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

One other thing I can suggest is making sure your file structure is the same as in the project files. If there's an issue with workspaces, try restarting your web browser, force reloading the cache, and double checking if you've installed any recent ad blocking software or a new antivirus program. If all else fails, I would suggest you contact support to see if they can help resolve the issue. It's hard to know what's going on without a little more technical information. Sorry about the trouble there. I'm hoping you get this worked out soon.

Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points
Tresanne Bonnick
Tresanne Bonnick
1,758 Points

Ok. Thank you for your time!

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Tresanne,

I'd have to agree with Dustin, it does look like a problem with the file structure your experiencing.