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**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152 "2020-06-16T22:12:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1
**Author:**  [@RyanUK](https://forum.ghost.org/u/RyanUK)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/1 "2020-06-16T22:12:28Z")
Hello Everyone, I would like to know if it is possible to have an HTML file in the root directory of a Ghost installation. I apologise if I am not using the right terminology, but I am mostly used to WP.
So, I would like to embed video chat software on a simple HTML page. I have always found it works best on a simple HTML page, even WP doesn’t always display it as I would hope. So, as an example, if my website address is: [example.com](http://example.com), I would then place an HTML file called page1.html so when people visit [example.com/page1.html](http://example.com/page1.html) they would be able to view the video chat software. Is this possible without too much hassle?
On WP, I just upload the HTML file via FTP and it just works without any other tinkering needing to be done.
Please let me know if you know the answer.
Thank you.
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**Author:**  [@benravetta](https://forum.ghost.org/u/benravetta)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/2 "2020-06-17T02:06:59Z")
Hi @RyanUK, could this not be accomplished within Ghost itself? Either through creating a post with a [HTML card](https://ghost.org/faq/using-the-editor/#adding-custom-html) or by creating a new page within Ghost?
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**Author:**  [@RyanUK](https://forum.ghost.org/u/RyanUK)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/3 "2020-06-17T06:43:02Z")
Thanks. I was considering this, and this is what I will also try. But based on what I have seen in the past it doesn’t work so great on embeds. And I need to plan for the worst case scenario before I pay for this product. Thanks.
So, could I just upload a HTML file, and would it just work like it did on wp?
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**Author:**  [@Stromfeldt](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Stromfeldt)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/4 "2020-06-17T10:17:51Z")
Yes, working off of a template `.hbs` file (rather than an `.html` file) you could set things up with basic routing:
> **[Ghost Themes - Dynamic URLs & Routing](https://ghost.org/docs/themes/routing/)**
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> Build dedicated URL structures using Ghost's dynamic routing system, for custom homepages, podcasts, categories and more.
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**Author:**  [@benravetta](https://forum.ghost.org/u/benravetta)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/5 "2020-06-17T18:18:56Z")
You could try uploading the contents of the HTML file. Ghost is different to other platforms such as Wordpress. Uploading HTML into Wordpress or something is not a nice experience.
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**Author:**  [@AncientElevator9](https://forum.ghost.org/u/AncientElevator9)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-html-files-to-ghost/15152/6 "2023-11-06T03:47:21Z")
I found that you can copy HTML into a post… but unfortunately not everything is perfect. Still gotta figure out why my images aren’t rendering… There are also some downsides… ghost detects this article as a 112 minute read… realistically it’s more like a 5 minute read, but the html is huge so that’s why Ghost thinks it would take so long to read