Your personal website should contain an "index file" in the public_html directory as the entry point. The webservers that serve user pages from AFS are configured to give you several choices of what the index file is named:
The following list of options will be displayed each time your webpage is accessed. (http://web.njit.edu/~yourUCID):`
index.html The primary index file is public_html/index.html
index.php If the primary doesn't exist, then public_html (a PHP script) is used
index.htm If neither of the above exists, then public_html/index.htm (shorter file name extension) file is used
Any subdirectories of your default website should also have index files; for instance, public_html/somedir should have a corresponding public_html/somedir/index.html (MS Windows users please see note below).
Prior to January 2007, the systems were configured to handle unindexed directories by "auto-indexing" them. Instead of showing an error, a listing of the files in the directory was displayed. Here is an example of an auto indexed directory. While auto-indexing has many good uses, the practice of auto-indexing by default makes it too easy for people to accidentally reveal private data and passwords, as shown in the example.
One of the good uses of auto-indexing is for the distribution of data files for research or classwork. You can request that auto-indexing be turned on for any reason for a specific directory, either by sending mail to arcs@njit.edu or the IST Service Desk. Please include the URL, or the complete path to the directory(ies) in question with your request.