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January 18, 2017
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Root folder is inside site 'boostrap'...

  • January 18, 2017
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I am getting a message when I try to save a new site With Dreamweaver CC 2017.

     The root folder you have chosen is onside the folder for site 'bootstrap'. This may  cause some operation, such as synchronization, to work incorrectly. Proceed anyway?

It is in C:\xampp\htdocs. I have no idea if this is effecting me or not. Can someone help?

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    Correct answer Rob Hecker2

    This isn't necessarily a problem. It's perfectly fine for htdocs to be the root, and it's perfectly fine for a different website to have it's root below the root of another site.

    This is true for both the development environment and the live web environment.

    The important thing is that all the websites are at or below the public root of the web server, and htdocs is such a root.

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    Rob Hecker2
    Rob Hecker2Correct answer
    Legend
    January 18, 2017

    This isn't necessarily a problem. It's perfectly fine for htdocs to be the root, and it's perfectly fine for a different website to have it's root below the root of another site.

    This is true for both the development environment and the live web environment.

    The important thing is that all the websites are at or below the public root of the web server, and htdocs is such a root.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 18, 2017

    If you're using a testing server, your local site files ought to be inside C:/xampp/htdocs/yourSiteName/

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    pziecina
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    January 18, 2017

    Where is your root folder when you look in your C drives file structure?

    Known Participant
    January 18, 2017

    C:\xampp\htdocs\[my site name]