What Is Web Root Directory?
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What Is Web Root Directory?
The "webroot" directory is the root directory for your Brinkster web site. Therefore, you must place all files and directories that you wish to be accessible via a browser in that directory.
The root directory, or root folder, is the top-level directory of a file system. The directory structure can be visually represented as an upside-down tree, so the term "root" represents the top level.
Root folder is a document folder where the website file for the domain name is stored. cPanel allows collaboration of multiple domain names (Addon domain, subdomain) you need to have a unique folder for each domain.
But always remember that your primary domain is stored in the Document Root Folder.
public_html/folder
If you want to see the document folder then you have to log into cPanel account. and there you will see document folder in the File Manager section.
If you want to buy the domain and hosting for your website you should choose RedServerHost, they provide you cPanel in your shared hosting plan.
At domain root folder, we upload sitemap & robots files for on-page SEO optimization.
In a computer file system that is organized as a hierarchy or tree, the root directory is the directory that includes all other directories.
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It is the publicly-accessible base folder for a website. The document root is the folder that is accessed when you navigate to the website's domain
Public folder for a website.
The document root, which is also called the web root or website root directory, is the publicly-accessible base folder for a website. It is where you'll find the index file (index.php, index.html, default.html, etc