How to open an index page into a subdirectory without adding /index.html

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Simple question, let's pretend I have the following path:

http://example.com/subdir/index.html

I would like to be able to open that index.html page by typing this in the browser:

www.example.com/subdir

and hit enter to have the browser load its included index.html page.

Is that possible?

My goal is to have a few subdirectories with the same root domain (example.com) and be able to open the index.html pages of each subdirectory without having to add /index.html at the end.

Thanks so much!

try this: fvimagination.com/testhtml the testhtml subdirectory has an index.html page inside, but the browser doesn't find that page. May it be because of my root website which is in WordPress? .htacess issue, maybe? — Frank Eno
– Frank Eno, Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 5:28

Mohammed Elhag · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-07 12:11:02Z

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For sub folders only put this in main root .htaccess file :

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^(.*)/index([\.html]*)$ /$1 [R=302,L]

For entire website change it to this :

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^(.*)index([\.html]*)$ /$1 [R=302,L]

So , any request with index or index.html will be removed .

Note : clear your browser cache then test it , if Ok change 302 to 301 to get permanent redirection

answered Oct 7, 2017 at 12:11

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Kevin HR · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-07 05:41:12Z

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If you server is running Apache, just create an .htaccess file (if you haven't already) and add this line at the top of the file:

DirectoryIndex index.html

answered Oct 7, 2017 at 5:41

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Frank Eno Over a year ago

it doesn't work yet, here's my .htaccess file: DirectoryIndex index.html # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress maybe it doesn't work because of WordPress

Siddharth Chaudhery Over a year ago

@fvimagination Where have you put this htaccess file. In root directory or in subdir ?

Frank Eno Over a year ago

@siddharth root directory. so you mean that i have to create a new .htaccess with DirectoryIndex index.html and upload it in my subdir?

Siddharth Chaudhery Over a year ago

yes you have to place this htaccess in subdir. Give it a try

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