Thomas Wallace: Lectures and Resources - A collection of website design lectures and resources

Setting up your Files & Directories

  1. Create a new folder in your root directory and call it dbexample. Note: You could name this directory whatever you like but for the sake of this example we will use “dbexample”
  2. Open the “dbexample” folder that you just created and create two folders named assets and data. The assets folder will hold all of your images and style sheets, the data folder will contain your database.

Directory Structure

Creating a new directory on the web server

Sometimes you might need to create a directory or change permissions on a given directory on the web server. The easiest way to this will be through mapping a network drive. To map a network drive:

  1. Open My Computer
  2. From the tools menu select Map Network Drive
  3. Select a drive letter (Any letter will work)
  4. The folder input type
    \\web1\username
    Web1=UALR Web Server Name
    username=Your User Account

Next we need to create a new directory

  1. Right-Click Create new folder
  2. Name the folder dbexample

To view permissions on a given directory, right click and select properties. Select the Security tab to view permissions.

Note: Permissions are generally dictated by the web master. Do not change these settings unless you have been instructed to do so. If you make a mistake, your web space could become inoperable!!!