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HTML HTML Video and Audio (Retired) Media Basics The Video Element

Chris Martinez
Chris Martinez
11,715 Points
Posted by Chris Martinez
Chris Martinez
11,715 Points

video workspace preview

my preview button leads to a page that reads "index of/" and a directory of the project folders.I'm able to load the simple_video.html, but not directly by hitting the preview button. anybody know whats going on?

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Chris,

This happens for Nick as well in the video. This is probably because the file is not named index.html.

Web servers usually will look for an index file and will display the contents of the directory if an index file isn't found.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
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Marked as best answer

Exactly. Any time there isn't an index.html (or a fallback index.php for Apache, index.asp for Microsoft servers, etc.), the website will generally fall back to a directory listing unless it is specified in the server configuration to not allow standard users access to directories, in which case you'll likely see a 403 forbidden error in your browser.