{"id":14623,"date":"2017-10-03T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?page_id=14623"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:49:51","slug":"default-index-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/kb\/default-index-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my site displaying a \u201cWelcome to your first page!\u201d message?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you add a domain\/sub-domain to your <strong>AwardSpace<\/strong> account, we automatically create a default Index page for your website.<\/p>\n<p>The following screenshot illustrates what our Index page looks like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16543 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How Would I Go About Replacing the Default Index Page?<\/h2>\n<p>If you do not wish our default Index page to be shown on your website, perform the following actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log into your <a href=\"\/user-login\/\">AwardSpace account<\/a> and go to the File Manager section.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click on the folder that corresponds to your domain\/sub-domain name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16540 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the Upload button, upload your Index file to the server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16213 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/default_index3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: In order for your Index file to be recognized by our system, it <u>must be<\/u> in one of the following formats &#8211; <strong><em>index.html<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>index.htm<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>index.shtml<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>index.php<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>index.py<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Why am I Still Seeing the AwardSpace Default Page after Uploading my Index file to the Server?<\/h2>\n<p>There are <u>three possible scenarios<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your web browser has cached an older version of your web page. 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