# Beginner's question-- RW doesn't export index.html or index.php **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [February 24, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836 "2018-02-24T16:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott928s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Scott928s](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Scott928s)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/1 "2018-02-24T16:02:58Z")
Hi everyone, Forgive a beginner’s question. My website shows up as an index: “Index of /” and I realize that RW hasn’t been creating an index.html or index.php file upon export. I read a previous thread here: > [@Index.html not exporting](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/index-html-not-exporting/6908): > > Hello everyone! I got a little issue on my website www.projectmanaia.at I did some changes to the page in rapidweaver, everything looks good in the preview, BUT rapidweaver is not exporting the index.html of the home page (landing page) and also not uploading it. So basically I can’t change the landing page and also new links don’t show up there (but everywhere else, so ones a link is clicked, things are fine, but the landing page is somewhat messed up. Anybody got an idea what might be wrong… But that was not helpful. What am I doing wrong? Thank you all very much in advance! ---
**Author:** ![defligra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/defligra/32/175_2.png) [@defligra](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/defligra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/2 "2018-02-24T19:13:35Z")
Have you checked Inspector \> General settings of all your pages… to see if you’ve accidentally renamed the index file or put the index file in a folder? _Try exporting your site instead of uploading… then you can easily check your exported files._ ![04](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/a/ac3d784e626fc8c98f053b22621cdc8aa03bda67.png) Best | DeFligra | [www.defligra.com](http://www.defligra.com) Mac’O’Holic | Stack’O’Holic | Web’O’Holic ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/3 "2018-02-24T21:22:49Z")
> [@Scott928s](#): > > My website shows up as an index: “Index of /” Does it look like the rest of your site is there? You should see any other pages show up as a directory on that list with a name that matches the folder named on the page inspector. Is this the first time you have published? You might want to check on your host company, most have a file manager that you can check out what published. ---
**Author:** ![Scott928s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Scott928s](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Scott928s)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/4 "2018-02-24T22:54:37Z")
Thanks for your help everyone! I copied home.html and renamed it to index.html. That seemed to do the trick… but I’m still not sure if that means I am doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/5 "2018-02-25T00:05:32Z")
The file name should always be index.html or index.php for all pages if you’ve using tidy links the default. On other pages, you can name the folder to something meaningful but not The file name. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/6 "2018-02-25T11:48:06Z")
> [@teefers](#): > > using tidy links Here’s a reading list regarding that topic: > **[How to use tidy links](https://instacks.com/blog/?post=how-to-use-tidy-links#blog)** > > Tidy, aka cruftless links, are good for all aspects of website design. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beginners-question-rw-doesnt-export-index-html-or-index-php/18836/7 "2018-03-03T12:00:20Z")
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