Public_html not there by default

[mikasjoman]

Hardy 8.4 (alpha)

Expected to happen:
That I can save my HTML files in a folder, public_html, directly when I start my computer for the first time.

It took long time to find out, and without friends I would not have started web-developing for a long time on Ubuntu if it was not for them.

What happens is that you sit there with your beautiful Ubuntu and ask yourself "Hmm... where do I save my html files for localhost?". And the answer is, no - there is no such place, you have to create it and to find that information is way too difficult.

It should be, like on the mac, a public_html folder directly under my home folder. It took me 5 hours, just to get going with web development! Insane.

[InsClusoe (insclusoe)]

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Thanks!

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

I guess the way to do this is to have the directory in
/etc/skel, which I guess makes it a base-files problem,
so I will assign it there.

I don't know how this directory fits with the xdg base dirs
specification.

Thanks,

James

[mikasjoman (mikasjoman)]

Ok

Well, my local Ubuntu expert just told me to create public_html in my
home folder, and that should just work. I kept myself to the /var/www
folder.

That is the way it looks on the mac, and it works great. But on OSX
they just call it Sites in your home folder, so it has a more human
name. Most users make homepages on Ubuntu, so it is of keen interest
to help them get going easy.

Hey, I just wondered. I saw this five a day thing, but I just did not
get how to get started. I wonder if you could do a screen-shot,
publish it on youtube, and then put it up on the "five-a-day" wiki
page? Even one of my friends, who is a full time working linux
programer could not get how to get started. That´s how the Ubuntu
project really missed out of an great opportunity.

We are so many who wants to help out, and helping out with bugs could
be a great way.

Sinerely yours

Mika Sjoman

On Mar 2, 2008, at 3:27 AM, James Westby wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I guess the way to do this is to have the directory in
> /etc/skel, which I guess makes it a base-files problem,
> so I will assign it there.
>
> I don't know how this directory fits with the xdg base dirs
> specification.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
>
> ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => base-files
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> Public_html not there by default
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194364
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "base-files" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Hardy 8.4 (alpha)
>
> Expected to happen:
> That I can save my HTML files in a folder, public_html, directly
> when I start my computer for the first time.
>
> It took long time to find out, and without friends I would not have
> started web-developing for a long time on Ubuntu if it was not for
> them.
>
> What happens is that you sit there with your beautiful Ubuntu and
> ask yourself "Hmm... where do I save my html files for localhost?".
> And the answer is, no - there is no such place, you have to create
> it and to find that information is way too difficult.
>
> It should be, like on the mac, a public_html folder directly under
> my home folder. It took me 5 hours, just to get going with web
> development! Insane.