How to use Indexes in cPanel?

The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be viewed on the web. You can select between a default style, no indexes, or two types of indexing. If you do not wish for people to be able to see the files in your directory, choose No Indexing.

- Log into cPanel
- Go to Advance area
- Click on Indexes
>> You can select a directory of which you wish to manage indexes by clicking over the name of directory. To navigate within directories, you can click on the folder icon corresponding to that directory to open up the directory.



Once you have selected the directory, you will be given some options to choose form.

• Default System Indexing − Enables the default setting your hosting provider setup for you.
• No Indexing − This option will disable the directory listing and if there is no index file such as index.php or index.html in the directory. User will get an error.
• Standard Indexing − This option will enable the directory listing and user will see the name of the directories.
• Fancy Indexing − This option will enable the directory listing and user will see the name and description of the files and directories under your indexed directory.

- Click on Save