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How to show my file as the default page?

Web Hosting 07/11/2026
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Solution</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Directory Index Priority (cPanel Webhosting)<br /><br />The filename below is the order of priority which the webserver will read as the website's index (default/main) page.<br /><br /><ol>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.htm</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.html</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.shtml</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.xhtml</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.wml</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.perl</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.pl</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.plx</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.ppl</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.cgi</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.jsp</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.js</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.jp</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.php4</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.php3</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.php</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.phtml</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">default.htm</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">default.html</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">home.htm</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">index.php5</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">Default.html</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">Default.htm</li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;">home.html</li>
</ol></span></p>
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