what does this mean..:cd to your www-root dir

[blotter]

Ok ok. I know nothing about ssh, mysql, or php. I know css, xhtml and some javascript. But I'm gonna give it whirl anyway. So this is step two on the "install using ssh" guide.  I have my putty file open, and I've succesfully logged in to my server account (or whatever it's called. ) Then I'm supposed to "cd to your www-root dir". But ah don't knows what that means! Any helpers?

thanks for any response....

-Jon

[nivekiam]

First type ls -al, that will do a directory listing.  You should see a directory called public_html or maybe www or something similar, each host is a little different.

So at the command line, you would type: cd public_html (if that's the directory you see there)

That's all for that part.

[blotter]

typing "ls" gave me all the files in the directory, but no directory name.

It's clear I have no idea what I'm doing. I think I need to study mysql first.

[cubix]

blotter: why dont you use ftp, im sure you will have more luck that way.

[blotter]

yeah, i figure you're right. what do i need to learn in order to understand how this shell access stuff works though? What are these commands part of...

apologies for the dunderheadedness. thank you, kind forumfolk.

[cubix]

try google. search for shell access tutorial or something. there are plenty of resources out there as its not a cmsms specific thing.