Location of Apache's DocumentRoot

[Stephen]

Hi

First post to this list. I look forward to coming out to the meetings 
and connecting with helpful people :)

I have a long computer background, but Linux is still fairly new to me. 
I have some serious web development to do, and I will be using PHP and 
MySQL.

I have invested in a Linux box, and installed Mandrake 10.0.

I see quite a learning curve....

Right now, I need to set up the server to look much like a virtual web 
host. I can't see any guides/rational for determining where to put the 
documentroot directory. It seems to me it should be under /var but I 
don't have much confidence that I will make good decisions yet.

Suggestions?

And how do I set the permissions on this directory? I will need to use 
ftp to upload the web files.

Thanks in advance for help!

Stephen
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