diff --git a/doc/html/index.html b/doc/html/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb2a90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN">
+<!--
+  $Id: index.html,v 1.2 2006/04/22 22:29:12 tom Exp $
+  ****************************************************************************
+  * Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+  *                                                                          *
+  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
+  * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+  * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+  * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+  * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+  * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+  *                                                                          *
+  * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+  * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+  *                                                                          *
+  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+  * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+  * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+  * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+  * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+  * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+  * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+  *                                                                          *
+  * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+  * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+  * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+  * authorization.                                                           *
+  ****************************************************************************
+-->
+<HTML>
+<HEAD>
+<TITLE>Welcome to ncurses</TITLE>
+<link rev=made href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">
+</HEAD>
+<BODY>
+
+<H1>Welcome to ncurses</H1>
+From this index page you have access to these further documents
+<UL>
+<LI>The <a href="announce.html">Announcement</a> of the current version of ncurses.</LI>
+<LI>An <a href="ncurses-intro.html">Introduction</a> into (n)curses programming.</LI>
+<LI>A <a href="hackguide.html">hackers guide</a> to ncurses.</LI>
+<LI>A description of the <a href="Ada95.html">Ada95 binding</a> to ncurses.</LI>
+</UL><P>
+We also have HTML versions of all the ncurses <a href="man">manpages</a>.
+</BODY>
+</HTML>
+<!--
+# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
+# Local Variables:
+# mode:html
+# case-fold-search:nil
+# fill-column:70
+# End:
+-->