Understanding the File System
This applies to both shared hosting and dedicated web hosting. Each domain name hosted by Web Wiz will have a 'home directory' named after the primary domain name for the website (eg. example.com). From this directory you can store your websites pages, scripts, applications, databases, etc. You will also have access to your sites raw log files.
After logging into your home directory, using FTP, you will see the following folders: -
public_html
This folder is the root of your website, you should place inside it all your web pages, application files and folders, scripts and images that make up your website. For example, if your domain is example.com, this folder will be located at /example.com/public_html.
data
The web server and thus your ASP.NET, .NET Core, PHP, Classic ASP, applications have full access to this folder. The folder is not directly accessible by your website visitors, it is, therefore, a good place to store any Microsoft Access databases, .NET Core key storage, and data files so they can not be accessed with a web browser but can be used by applications running on your website. For example, if your domain is example.com, this folder will be located at /example.com/data.
logs
This folder contains the raw log files for your site from the last 14 days. For example, if your domain is example.com, this folder will be located at /example.com/logs.
If you are using the Control Panel File Manager to download today's log file, you will need to stop the website first. The web server is actively writing to today's log file, which locks it, so you will need to stop the website to release the lock before it can be downloaded. Log files from previous days are not locked and can be downloaded at any time.
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