what is the name of the html file that every web site needs?

Question

This is a question asked on a web design course, the answer is not contained in the course book.

Answer 1

index.html

Answer 2

The expected answer probably was index.html. By tradition, index.html indicates the default page or main page in a website. More accurately, web servers by default are configured to serve index.html when a folder is requested. For example, if you go to example.com/, the folder requested is / (the root folder) and the webserver looks for index.html.

The technical answer is websites do not require any HTML files on them. Why should they? Your website could be nothing more than a large gallery of images. You have no HTML files on there. Or the HTML could be dynamically generated. Again, no HTML file.

Answer 3

it's a loaded question since it does not take into the account you can change the default file for a web folder.

However, I'm going to take a stab at the question with index.html

Answer 4

Now days there isn't one. Strictly speaking for an all HTML-based website, the filename would be index.html or index.htm.

But pages nowdays aren't always entirely HTML based, so it could just as easily be index.asp or index.jsp...

Answer 5

that would be index or home.html. it would contain all the basics of the page like the title, links, javascript, etc. when you type in yahoo.com, what you see on their homepage is their index.html file.

Answer 6

Try index.htm The file name rather than the file itself.

Answer 7

I think that would be index.htm.... although I think it really depends on the web server. default.htm would work under IIS

Answer 8

It is the index - although it can be .html or .htm, depending on your preference

Answer 9

the index file I think....but don't answer unless someone else concurs!

Answer 10

index.html or default.html