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HTML HTML Basics Images, Text and Links Understanding File Paths

Posted by web pad
web pad
4,483 Points

Root folder and sub folder difference

At 3:20 teacher called the article folder as root folder and sub folder. So they are the same? Just different names?

web pad
web pad
4,483 Points

So the article folder in the video is a sub folder to which folder?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The "root" folder is the folder at the top level of the server's file system. You can generally reference a file in the root folder by putting a slash ("/") in front of the file name. Example: "/index.html".

A "sub-folder" is one that is inside another folder. You typically reference a file in a sub-folder by naming both the sub-folder and the file name with a slash in between. Example: "css/styles.css".