What is an index page?

Overview

The index page is the URL or file that automatically loads when someone visits your URL.

The term is also used to refer to the front page, web server directory index, or main web page of a website of a group, company, organization, or individual.

Make sure you have your index page in your public_html directory, otherwise, your site will not appear correctly.

When creating your index page, you should use one of the following names:

index.html 
index.php