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Katy Henning
520 PointsWhen I click the preview it just brings up a page that says "Index of /" then it will say "index.html below it
If I click on the index.html button then it shows my name!
Marcus Parsons
15,717 PointsHey Mitchell,
Anytime a directory listing pops up, it's because the server couldn't find an "index.*" file. Generally, servers start with "index.html" and then go through various extensions such as ".xhtml, .php, etc." It's what happened in this case, as Katy said.
2 Answers
Marcus Parsons
15,717 PointsHey Katy,
Make sure that the "index.html" file is exactly named like that. The server looks for a file named "index.html" and if it doesn't find it, that's when it brings up the directory listing.
Katy Henning
520 Pointsoh snap, I gotta start paying attention, I had it spelled "Index.html" with a capital "I" oops
Thank you
Marcus Parsons
15,717 PointsYou're welcome! If you want to go ahead and mark my answer as best answer, we can mark this as resolved! :)
Mitchell Springer
2,576 PointsMitchell Springer
2,576 PointsCopy and paste in your code from index.html. There may be something missing that is causing the error.