When you type a URL in your browser, the DNS looks up the
domain name, ?¬? nds the IP address of the associated server, and forwards the
request to that server.
When the server receives the request for the page, it uses the domain name
associated with the request to route the request to a speci?¬? c folder on the
server that relates to that domain: the root folder. If the URL contains a path
directly to a speci?¬? c page, that page is served to the requesting Web browser.
If the requested URL is simply www.stylinwithcss.com, with no ?¬? le name
speci?¬? ed, the root folder is searched, and if it contains a page called default.
html (or .htm), home.html, or index.html, that page is automatically served.
In short, the root folder is the top folder in the hierarchy of your Web site,
and thanks to your ISP or network administrator, it is associated with your
Web address. Learn more about the DNS system on the InterNIC site (www.
internic.net/faqs/authoritative-dns.html).
If you are not using Dreamweaver or another editor with a built-in
FTP client, you will need a separate FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client.
Either way, in order to log in, you will need to enter the host
name, user name, and password. Then you can upload your ?¬? les
and folders from the local folder on your computer to the root folder
of your site??™s server.
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