Once you have some space to use, and software to upload your files, there are only a few more things to worry about. One of the most important is what you will name each file, and how you will link to them. You will also need to know if you will need multiple directories to keep your files sorted in. It's quite possible that you've done all this in advance, and created all of your links, images, and have everything ready to go. There's just one catch. If you upload ten HTML files to your web site, how do you know which one will show when someone types in the address?

The answer is that you have to give that first file a special name. In the early day of the Web, the first file always had to be called "HomePage.html." More recently, the most common name that most sites will expect you to use is "index.html" all in lowercase letters. Some sites will expect you to use "default.html" or even "default.htm," so check which one you are to use before you upload, so that your site will work.

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