[SOLVED] Window hosting on GoDaddy to redirect index.html to root

Window hosting on GoDaddy to redirect index.html to root

If I have a Windows server, is there any possibility I can redirect my index.html to root:

www.example.com/index.html    -> www.example.com
http://example.com/index.html -> http://example.com

The hosting which I am currently using is not Apache, I am using a Windows server.

Solution

Yet another edit:

Meta Refresh Tag

<meta http-equiv="refresh " content="0; url=www.example.com">

There are two other options we can try if the meta refresh tag just isn't working.

Set the default document. (Simpler)

Web.Config Settings:

<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument enabled="true">
    <files>
        <clear />
        <add value="index.html" />
    </files>
</defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>

Details on setting up via web.config: Setting Default WebPage in IIS 7.5

OR set up via IIS UI (steps 1 through 8 in the HOW TO section): https://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/defaultdocument

Create rewrite rules in IIS. (More difficult)

If we were using Apache, we would create/update the .htaccess file rules:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ / [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/index\.html$ /$1/ [R=301,L]

In IIS, we have to add these rewrite rules in a different way in the web.config. See the following links.

Steps for creating rewrite rules in web.config: IIS URL Rewrite and Web.config

Details on translating .htaccess content to IIS web.config: http://www.iis.net/learn/application-frameworks/install-and-configure-php-applications-on-iis/translate-htaccess-content-to-iis-webconfig

OR create Rewrite Rules in IIS UI: http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/creating-rewrite-rules-for-the-url-rewrite-module