only works with index.php

shan · Post by **shan** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:02 am

Hi, I've succeeded installing joomla 10.15. But unfortunately my website only works if I add /index.php. This also happens to the 'administrator'. I can get into the administrator only if I add /index.php (http://www.mysite.co.nz/administrator/index.php). I can't even click the administrator link. "Directory listing denied" error message always appears.
Hellllppppp please.

dragonrider · Post by **dragonrider** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:36 pm

Try adding the following line to your .htaccess file, should help.

DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm

The key is to have index.php early and allows the server to accept the index.php file as the start page.

If this does not work, ie: Your host will not allow it, create a blank index.htm page, and put the following code it.

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<html>

<head>
<title>Redirecting.....</title>
<meta Http-Equiv="Refresh" content="0;url=http://www.yoursite.co.nz/index.php">
</head>

<body>&nbsp;</body>
</html>

If necessary, you could do a similar one in the admin folder too, but add administrator/ before the index.php

shan · Post by **shan** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:24 am

Hi, many thanks. It works after I created the index.htm file. Brilliant!

alabone307 · Post by **alabone307** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:03 pm

Hi,

I was directed to this topic to solve a problem I had (the same one actually) and it has helped a lot! However, I was wondering how to edit the text shown when the page is redirecting to something more than gibberish? I tried editing the body portion of the .htm file but all it does is add that text to the gibberish, as if the page isn't reading the code properly...

g1smd · Post by **g1smd** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:45 pm

Redirecting TO a named index page is seen as a "signal of poor technical quality" by searchengines.

Try to avoid doing this. Additionally, a Javascript redirect is very far from optimal.

This code, in your .htaccess file

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DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

should allow the site root to show the index page.

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