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What web server are you using?
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I think this is my server root. My site is located inside public_html. Does outside my server root mean in a folder outside of public_html? So create a new folder on the same level as public_html but not inside public_html?<br />
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/home/username/public_html<wbr />/somefolde<wbr />rs
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I think this is my server root. My site is located inside public_html. Does outside my server root mean in a folder outside of public_html? So create a new folder on the same level as public_html but not inside public_html?

/home/username/public_html/somefolders

Put something outside my server root. Where axactly is that?

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