Document Actions
Using Index_html Pages
Creating a default page for a folder in Plone 2.5
Go to the folder click on the button top right. "display"
on the drop down panel select "choose content to be displayed as default view"
Old advice for index_html pages
IT used to be the case that the default page had to be called index_html. You can still do this. If you give a page a short name of index_html. Note you may have your preferences set so that you only see Title and not short names.
Index_html pages are very useful and desirable in a Plone site. Without an index_html page plone displays an unattractive list of items in a folder. It will look something like this. UK RACES
The index_html page will be the first page people view when visiting a folder. We say it is the default page. For example in the folder /sri_chinmoy/ the index_html page is the first page that you see Sri Chinmoy index_html page.
Index_html pages are very useful if you have related content in other folders. For example if you look at this page at Poetseers The Great Poets, you can see that the index_html page is mainly a collection of internal links to different parts of the website. I often see index_html pages as a kind of menu. listing all the different options.
People will visit index_html pages often. They are prominent in the website therefore it is good to make them attractive and easy to navigate (More on web design)
Creating an Index_html page Plone 2.5
The title for an index_html can be anything you want.
You should be able to choose the short name for a document above the title.
Useful Tip
- You can only have one index_html page per each individual folder.