accessing custom static html files in joomla

I created some static html files (along with an index.html file) and put them within 开发者_JS百科a "files" directory within the joomla parent directory. And I entered this address in the browser http://mydomain/files but it gives a 403 error. The current file permission on the 'files' directory is 755. How can I access the files on my browser?

have you tried accessing your files explicitly: http://mydomain/files/youTestFile ?