Title: Installing default.php page
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Installing default.php page

 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hismuse/)
 * (@hismuse)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/)
 * My blog is under [http://www.roadlessunraveled.com/blog](http://www.roadlessunraveled.com/blog)
   and I’ve made a main page to direct to different areas and labeled it default.
   php.
 * Now how do I make it so [http://www.roadlessunraveled.com](http://www.roadlessunraveled.com)
   goes to the default page?

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 *  Thread Starter [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hismuse/)
 * (@hismuse)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-409775)
 * When I tried to do it I screwed everything up so help would be much appreciated.
 *  Thread Starter [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hismuse/)
 * (@hismuse)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-409926)
 * I guess it’s also called a Splash page.
 *  [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/)
 * (@maerk)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-409928)
 * Maybe call the file index.php?
 *  Thread Starter [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hismuse/)
 * (@hismuse)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-409950)
 * Ok, well do I have to change anything in the cpanel of wordpress? If I replace
   the index page it won’t screw everything up?
 *  Thread Starter [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hismuse/)
 * (@hismuse)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-410037)
 * Ok, well I guess I can just upload my own index.htm page on the main directory
   but how should it be set under Options so when you go to the index page it is
   the splash page and the Blog goes to the /blog page?
 *  [ryoken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryoken/)
 * (@ryoken)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-defaultphp-page/#post-410038)
 * I think you are looking for the functionality of home.php? check out [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)

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