Do one of the following:
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Create an index page when you create a new folder by selecting Create a new index page in the New Folder dialog. You must publish the new index page after creating the folder, or it will remain a Draft and not function, for instance, in a navigation menu.
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Create a folder without an index page. Add a Web page to the folder and publish it. Go to the Status page of the new page. In the Index Page field of the Properties tab, click Make this the index page.
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View a live Web page on the site you want to edit. Click Status on the Author Toolbar to display the page's Status page. In the Index Page field of the Properties tab, click Make this the index page.
The Author Toolbar displays only if you are logged into the site as an administrator who may edit items in the folder containing the live page.
Whenever you promote an existing page to become the index page for a folder, the folder's previously-designated index page (if any) is demoted to become a standard Web page. It remains published unless you unpublish, expire, or delete it.