You mean create that folder because the only ones I see are cgi-bin htdocs I don't want this site on search engines .. and I have a robot.txt file to prevent it ....so public-html doesn't defeat that? ________________________________ From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> on behalf of Al A <eight.bit...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 11:24 AM To: Hardware Group <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] Hosting ...windows to Linux
Put the files in public_html. As long as front page created a index.html file it should work. Are you using Cpanel? https://scrot.cloud/images/2020/07/25/public_html.png Al On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM _ Winterlight <winterli...@outlook.com> wrote: > I have a domain hosted at google. I just switched from windows hosting at > Godaddy to Linux hosting at Network solutions. It is a very simple personal > account and no real website per say consisting of text files, a couple of > subdomains..i.e... reference stuff I keep online. > > I downloaded what was on the godaddy windows hosting site. So instead of > putting all the files and folders in the root directory of a windows > hosting account I just put them in htdocs folder....is this correct? Does > the fact that the windows site was created with front page matter. Once I > copy those files should the site start working normally? I ask because it > is not working and I am wondering if the reason is that the site hasn't > updated yet ... I purchased the hosting account yesterday... or is it > something about my files? > > But the first thing I need to know is did I transfer the files correctly? > thanks > w >
