I am trying to setup a welcome page prior to my main index.php.
I tried to add a .htaccess in the root folder with code :

<Files *.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.php
</Files>

It does make my index.htm the first page of website, but when i try to go to the link i created in the html, it says access denied. It doesnt give me permission to link to the index.php.

Do i have to add anything else to my .htaccess or do anything else?

IF someone can help me out ill be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mack