Minimal and essential HTML and CSS

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Minimal and essential HTML and CSS

chainazo

12:49 am on May 19, 2024 (gmt 0)

Well I have a site (Html and CSS only) that was deindexed by Google because it supposedly suspected phishing and I want to re-index it. deleting as many files as possible that may cause problems.
In the file manager I have a very large number of files that I don't know what role they play there.

In summary: If I wanted to delete all the files and leave only index.html and styles.css (a site with a single page, let's say) what other files would I have to leave yes or yes for the site to work correctly.
For example, on a WordPress site there must be a wp-content folder, a wp-admin folder. What files would be required then for an HTML and CSS only site?

lucy24

2:20 am on May 19, 2024 (gmt 0)

What files would be required then for an HTML and CSS only site?

None. You don't even need a stylesheet if it‘s all contained within a <style> section in the html <head>.

A more serious question is: what are those mystery files and how did they get there? Maybe it’s time to change your password.

tangor

10:36 am on May 20, 2024 (gmt 0)

A static HTML/CSS site has no need for other files to work correctly.

If you truly have pages/files on your system you don't know what they are, follow lucy24's advice!

londrum

10:36 am on May 21, 2024 (gmt 0)

you'd still need to look through all the html files because maybe they inserted some javascript on there

LaGoule

11:07 am on May 21, 2024 (gmt 0)

hi, I think it is independent of the list of pages. You should go to the search console from google (search.google.com), in pages find index.html and mention that the issue has been fixed. But make sure that all the rest is listed in the removal section.

lucy24

4:03 pm on May 21, 2024 (gmt 0)

because maybe they inserted some javascript on there

I was going to say it doesn’t matter, because javascript also needs no supporting files; it’s handled in the browser. But then I realized you mean that the same person who uploaded the Mystery Files may also have sneaked some scripts into the html where you’d never notice it. Yikes.

chainazo, come back with an update. Now we’re all worried.