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Where do I put my webpages and files?

To make your website files available at http://www.yourdomain.com, put them in the directory named: /htdocs/www

The file that will be the default page shown when someone goes to just your domain name, or just to a directory, must be named index.html. If you want to name the file something else, see this other FAQ.

All webpages are served from subdirectories of the /htdocs directory. These subdirectories correspond to subdomains of your domain like "www".

No files will be served directly from the /htdocs directory or any other directory above it.

The special subdirectory named _ that is located in your /htdocs directory is a symbolic link to /htdocs/www and should not be deleted. It allows people to use just "yourdomain.com" in addition to "www.yourdomain.com" and arrive at the same place on your website.

See also: creating subdomains for your website.

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