What is
a URL and what is a server path?
The URL is the
Uniform Resource Locator - the technical term for a web address! The URL of this
page is:
http://support.internetdesign.com/hosting/serverpath.html
A server path is the location of the files on
the server. This is totally different to a URL
The Server path for this page is:
/usr/home/sites/support.internetdesign.com/web/hosting/
PLEASE REMEMBER:
Your site will not be exactly the same - if your domain is www.yourdomain.com,
and you want to upload www.yourdomain.com/ the server path will be:
/usr/home/sites/www.yourdomain.com/web/
Server
paths can be one of the most confusing things to start with when working on a
web site.
This table below shows the location can appear to be different, but all are the
same file
| In
your web browser: |
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html
|
| The
server path: |
/usr/home/sites/www.yourdomain.com/web/index.html
|
| The
location in your FTP program: |
/index.html
|
On other servers
the server path and FTP path may be a little different.
