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Cameron Scully
2,919 PointsDoes every site come with index.html as the default "/" or relative-root destination?
is the C: Drive considered the '/' or relative root destination every time when the files are locally stored? Can this be changed?
3 Answers
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 PointsIt is a web server feature.
Apache is a common web server - the A in XAMPP, LAMP, MAMP and WAMP. Also used in the inexpensive hosting services.
There are various ways to change the settings for apache servers and probably similar configuration settings for other servers.
The c: drive is a windows thing and is something for your local desktop only (maybe IIS also).
The root/document directory is also configured by web server and some common names are - www, html, public_html, htdocs.
It would probably be worth your while to install and investigate running a local server for development. Often referred to as an AMP stack (A for Apache, M for MySQL and P for PHP). So, depending on your OS try doing a search for how to install WAMP - W for windows, MAMP - M for MAC, LAMP - L for linux or XAMPP - which can be run on Windows/Mac or Linux.
Hope that helps
Cameron Scully
2,919 PointsThe M in AMP..... whats the feature its designed to run?
Cameron Scully
2,919 Pointsand thanks, that answered a lot of questions for me! I kind of get hasty when it comes to questions before the end of the video (specifically the part in which I asked about local hard drive file paths) so I apologize for that bit!
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 PointsNo need to apologize - good question - that why it's worth it to install yourself and start playing with it - and best of all it's free
