should I install wordpress to the www folder?

  • My hosting provider said that I should install to the www
    folder.

    here’s exactly how they put it:

    Files which going to be published at the address https://www.domain_name.com/, place in to folder www.

    So I unzipped wordpress, made a folder named www,
    and copied all the wordpress files to the folder named www.
    Then I uploaded that to my web host.

    it did not come with any www folder, only a space
    named “/”.

    That’s why I put all the files in a www folder and uploaded that.

    An I going to mess this up royally?

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  • Did you upload the files to the /www/ folder on your hosting server? that’s what they mean with what they said.

    If you look at the directory listing in your FTP program, what do you see?

    Thread Starter tylerzambori

    (@tylerzambori)

    Hi,

    I didn’t see any /www/ folder. All it had was “/”, and two folders named: domains, and subdom

    That was it.

    That’s why I created a www folder on my computer, copied the unzipped wordpress files to the www folder, and am now uploading the whole thing.

    But I’m concerned it’s a mistake.

    Look inside the /domains/ folder, and there could be a /www/ folder in there.

    If not, it’s time to go back to your hosting company and ask them where you’ll find it. I don’t recognise that folder layout, so it may be the structure that they have set up for themselves.

    Thread Starter tylerzambori

    (@tylerzambori)

    You’re right, there is a www. folder under domains.

    So I will install the files there.

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