How to change your default Index page in htaccess

How to change your default Index page in htaccess

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/htaccess/htaccess-change-index-page

1. Edit htaccess file. Paste the following code at the top of the page to configure your desired index page. In our example below, we decided to make the index page of our folders named first.html.
   
   #Alternate default index page
   DirectoryIndex first.html
   You can also list more than one file in the configuration. The file will be read left to right and check for them in that order. In this example, we add index.htm, index.html, and index.php to the list. First the server will check for first.html, if it does not find a file with that name, it continues to index.htm and so on.
   #Alternate default index pages
   DirectoryIndex first.html index.htm index.html index.php
2. Be sure to hit the Save Changes button in the upper right corner to save your new htaccess configuration.