# Subfolders
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 13, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158 "2004-09-13T19:00:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@opel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opel)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/1 "2004-09-13T19:00:05Z")
How do I sort out my directories so that when someone enters a URL suck as [http://www.mydomainname.com/cars](http://www.mydomainname.com/cars) , they would get a index page for cars and likewise if they entered [http://www.mydomainname.com/bikes](http://www.mydomainname.com/bikes) they would automatically get a bikes index page.
Do I need to set this up on the hosting account or just create a index.htm page in a directory called cars or bikes?
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/2 "2004-09-13T21:40:23Z")
Not quite sure what your asking here? If I assume the simplest first, yes… you just create an index.htm (or index.php/index.asp if you are using server side code). The server will default to this file when it accesses that folder.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/3 "2004-09-13T23:20:35Z")
> [@opel](#):
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> Do I need to set this up on the hosting account or just create a index.htm page in a directory called cars or bikes?
>
> thanks
Yes
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/4 "2004-09-13T23:33:08Z")
[http://www.mydomainname.com/cars/](http://www.mydomainname.com/cars/)
Note the end slash…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/5 "2004-09-14T03:52:46Z")
> [@Marble](#):
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> [mydomainname.com is for sale | www.brandforce.com](http://www.mydomainname.com/cars/)
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> Note the end slash…
What’s the point of the ending / … it normally gets automatically inserted.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/6 "2004-09-14T06:39:26Z")
Not always. Some cases it tries to look for a file called “cars” for example. The end slash ensures its a directory and to look for a default file like index.html or index.php …
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/subfolders/64158/7 "2004-09-14T15:40:34Z")
> [@Marble](#):
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> Not always. Some cases it tries to look for a file called “cars” for example. The end slash ensures its a directory and to look for a default file like index.html or index.php …
Strange… I’ve never seen that b4… if you find an example or have one set up then I’d like to see it… just cause I’ve never seen it b4. Almost sounds like it’s a server side issue if that’s to happen.