How do I edit the appearance of my homepage?

I'm a novice. I understand how to transfer files, nothing more, nothing less. How to I make my homepage say something other than "Index of/" and then just all my folders?

You have to upload an index.php or index.html file , which is the main file the web server looks, if it doesnt find an index file then it will just list all the files and folder in your hosting.


VictorCL.

You have to upload an index.php or index.html file , which is the main file the web server looks, if it doesnt find an index file then it will just list all the files and folder in your hosting.


VictorCL.

Thanks for the response, Victor. That makes sense to me. But what folder should I upload the index.html file into?

Is it as easy as making an html file in Microsoft word with links to all the folders on my homepage in the format and appearance that I want, saving it as "index.html" and uploading it somewhere into SmartFTP?