It’s important to know base Magento directory structure to customize Magento installation or development Magento extensions.
- Base directory
- + app: Magento application code, layouts templates and configuration data
- + code: Contains the whole Magento code separated into code pools
- + community
- + core
- + local
- + design: Magento design templates and layouts
- + adminhtml
- + frontend
- + install
- + etc: System configuration files
- + locale: Localization files for different languages
- Mage.php: Magento factory, application autoloader initialization and the definition of the static Mage class, that serves as a hub for all elementary operations of Magento engine
- + js: Javascript libraries used in Magento
- + lib: External libraries un aware about Magento code which are deeloped either by Magento team or third-party developers
- + media: Image and media storage
- + skin: Magento design skins including images and CSS
- + var: Various dynamically created Magento files, like cache, locks, session storage etc.
- .htaccess: Configuration file for Apache web server
- index.php: Magento boostrap file, entry point for all calls
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