Blank index file

Posted on Sat, 2006-05-20 19:40

Some web hosts don't have a managing tool for indexing folders.

For example some web hosts, if you typed in the link to it such as http://www.website.com/images/ then you will get a list of the files that are in that folder unless there is an index file in the folder, in which case it will open the index file.

You don't have to use a blank index file you can use a redirect index page.

Blank Index Page 

For a blank index page with minimal file size you can use this code:

<html><body></body></html>

This allows for a very small file size and gives you a blank page.

Redirect Index Page

This redirects the user back to the homepage of the website.

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
  window.location = 'http://www.website.com';
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <a xhref="http://www.website.com">Go to www.website.com</a>
</body>
</html>

I like to add a link on the page as well just incase the redirect doesn't work.