# website building question, correcting links
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 18, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874 "2009-01-18T19:16:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Yzingerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yzingerr)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/1 "2009-01-18T19:16:05Z")
How do i make the links i created on the homepage go directly where they need to go?
i.e. I have a “contact tab” on the homepage, but when clicked it goes to the:
Index of /contact
Parent Directory
Contact.htm
cgi-bin/
images/
If you click contact.htm then it will go to the "contact page i created.
Im sure it is as simple as renaming too!?!
Thanks again guys!
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/2 "2009-01-18T19:22:45Z")
It sounds as though you have the link URL set as
[http://www.mywebsite.com/contact](http://www.mywebsite.com/contact)
when it should be
[http://www.mywebsite.com/contact.htm](http://www.mywebsite.com/contact.htm)
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/3 "2009-01-18T19:35:57Z")
Actually, it looks like you have a subfolder called /contact which contains your contact page and associated graphics. In that case, the URL should be
[http://www.mywebsite.com/contact/contact.htm](http://www.mywebsite.com/contact/contact.htm)
Although, you’re probably better off putting it into the root directory, instead. Unless you plan for your website to have a high level of organizational complexity, it’ll be simpler to link to stuff that way.
One tip: if you don’t want folks being able to see your directory structure and file list, every folder should contain, at minimum, a blank index.html page. That way, if they navigate to a folder you don’t intend for public access, they’ll only see the blank index page, not the directory tree.
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### Author:  [@Yzingerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yzingerr)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/4 "2009-01-18T19:50:45Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#):
>
> Actually, it looks like you have a subfolder called /contact which contains your contact page and associated graphics. In that case, the URL should be
>
> [http://www.mywebsite.com/contact/contact.htm](http://www.mywebsite.com/contact/contact.htm)
>
> Although, you’re probably better off putting it into the root directory, instead. Unless you plan for your website to have a high level of organizational complexity, it’ll be simpler to link to stuff that way.
>
> One tip: if you don’t want folks being able to see your directory structure and file list, every folder should contain, at minimum, a blank index.html page. That way, if they navigate to a folder you don’t intend for public access, they’ll only see the blank index page, not the directory tree.
You are correct, i do have a subfolder called /contact which contains your contact page and associated graphics.
Please elaborate on the root directory process as it seems like the way id like to go. I am unfamiliar with that as hostpapa has a drag and drop set-up for files.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/5 "2009-01-18T19:53:30Z")
The root directory is just the top-level directory. The directory that the subfolder /contact is in, is the root directory. Just move contact.htm to there.
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### Author:  [@Yzingerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yzingerr)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-building-question-correcting-links/481874/6 "2009-01-18T19:54:40Z")
ok, thanks!