Public_html Or Www Folder? - Where to put web files?

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Public_html Or Www Folder? - Where to put web files?

Albus Dumbledore
heh..im kind of new to this..but where to i put my pages that i want to show up? like in...

public_html
www


??? plz help hehe

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When the concept of webhosting initially started it was all directed to public_html folder. But as time past and your average soccer-mom decided to get creative with making websites, the service provider of Unix/Linx based host started to provide friendlier computer terms. WWW folder is the shortcut to public_html since public_html isn't really intuitive. They are the same thing. WWW folder will lead into public_html folder but not vice versa.

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Albus Dumbledore
ok thank you verry much!, and im sorry about the topic and description i figured there was a limit on the length of the title since there is on the description..

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iwuvcookies
Thanks i've been wondering about that for some time now. I just always placed my files in to public_html.

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bucksta
lol. those 2 are the same thing. i placed a file in the www folder and it showed up in public_html and vice versa. it kinda clones the files but doesnt waste any extra space. it was kinda confusing to me 2 when i forst got my first webhosting account.

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frederick.ding
"www" isn't exactly a shortcut. Technically, it's an alias for the "public_html" folder. When you use the File Manager or a good FTP client, it'll show a little arrow in the icon to signify that it's a shortcut.

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