You can change your default folder for www content by editing the information provided inside the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
file. By dropping sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
and changing any occurrence of the /var/www
or (maybe your case) /var/www/html
and setting the folder that you wish to use.
The contents of the file will look like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /home/geppettvs/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /home/geppettvs/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
In this case I am using my /home/geppettvs/www
folder in order to place the files that will be exposed to the public via http connections (port 80).
Give this a try. I hope this help you.
Good luck!