Web server directories and URLs

When IIS is installed, it creates a directory for the default Web site on that machine. The default directory is:

   c:\inetpub\wwwroot\

The URL of your default Web site is simply: http://<server domain name>/ or http://<server IP address>/ If you are a Web developer, you will test your site using the server on your own machine: http://localhost/ Your Web site may have a number of sub-directories. For example, if you have a sub-directory called som on your development machine: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\som\ it's URL would be: http://localhost/som/ You can also create a virtual Web site which points to a sub-directory, but has a different name and perhaps different properties than the real Web site for that sub-directory. For example, the URL: http://localhost/hoho/ refers to a virtual site called hoho even though there is not a directory called c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hoho\ on my computer.

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