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Is it true there are empty index.html files in cmsms and subdirectories? If so, why is this?

Do I need them or can I safely delete/not upload them?

Empty index.html files can be deleted and CMSMS will still work correctly.

However, they are a useful security measure to prevent users who navigate directly to a sub-directory from seeing the content of the sub-directory. Try navigating to a sub-directory with and without the empty index.html present to see the difference.

If you still can't see the sub-directory contents when the index.html has been deleted means that something else is blocking access to the directory listing. This is a good thing, but it is still worth leaving the empty index.html files in place.

Nick

Thanks Nick.

Does this mean there have to be an empty index.html file in every subdir, even if there is a index.php file?

I can impossibly try every subdir, there are to many!

Every sub-directory should have an index.php or index.html file in it.

Alternatively read this - http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... l_Settings - and look at the example .htaccess files and these lines:
One .htaccess file in the root is all you need. I would still leave the empty index.html files alone.

Nick

Thanks. I used an empty index.html in every dir now. Hope this works.

I will look into the extra options later, it is quite some stuff to dig into right now