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Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points
Posted by Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points

I am using GoDaddy for hosting and I do not see a public_html folder. Do I need to create it?

Where is the public_html folder?

4 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

I'm going to guess your file view is because it's a Windows account. Unless you are going to use some Microsoft functionality like asp, I would suggest switching to a Linux account. I started off years ago with a Windows account but switched to a Linux account. I was talking to Godaddy support one time and the tech. person told me that 95% of the hosting accounts were Linux.

Anyhow, login to Godaddy and use their file manager and see what it looks like that way.

Erica n
Erica n
16,461 Points
Erica n
Erica n
16,461 Points

Hi,

I have godaddy as well. Do you see your cpanel > file manager > list of files/folders to the left side?

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points
Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Eric,

I also use Godaddy, Your root directory should be public_html. Are you viewing the file structure with the cPanel file manager or an ftp client like FileZilla?

Jeff

Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points
Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points

I am using FileZilla. So it is just the root directory and doesn't need to say public_html?

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points
Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

When I connect with FileZilla I just point it towards my website ie. website.com, and I'm able to view all the directories. Below is an example view when connected with FileZilla.

Login FileZilla--
├── .bash_logout
├── .bash_profile
├── .bashrc
├── .contactemail
├── etc
├── logs
├── mail
├── public_ftp
├── public_html
│   ├── css
│   ├── img
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── index.php
│   └── otherStuff
├── .ssh
├── .trash
└── tree.txt

Also, what type of account do you have? Linux or Windows. Most people have a Linux hosting account. And, are you hosting more than one domain?

Jeff

Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points
Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points

It is a windows account with one domain. I point FileZilla to my website also and I see only cgi-bin, error_docs, httpdocs, and logs.

Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points
Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson
1,916 Points

Ok, I just switched over to Linux OS and now everything is looking good and public_html is there. Thank you very much!