Changes web project layout, keeping mysql folder outside

README.md

@@ -10,26 +10,35 @@ cd lampserver
 docker build . -t lampserver
 ```
 
+# Starting your web project
+You need to create a folder where your web files and the database will reside.
+```
+# create a project directory
+mkdir my-web-project
+cd my-web-project
+# create a subdirectory for web files
+mkdir www
+```
+Inside `my-web-project/www` you place your web files.
+
 # Running the server
-Go to the directory **where your web files are placed**, and run:
+Go to your web project directory (e.g., `my-web-project`) and run:
 ```
-docker run -it -e PHP_DISPLAY_ERRORS=On -e DOCKER_USER_ID=`id -u \`whoami\`` \
- -p "80:80" -v ${PWD}:/app -v ${PWD}/mysql:/var/lib/mysql --name lampserver-1 \
- --rm lampserver
+docker run -it -e APACHE_ROOT=www -e PHP_DISPLAY_ERRORS=On \
+ -e DOCKER_USER_ID=`id -u \`whoami\`` -p "80:80" -v ${PWD}:/app \
+ -v ${PWD}/mysql:/var/lib/mysql --name lampserver-1 --rm lampserver
 ```
-`lampserver-1` is the name of the docker *container*, i.e, a running instance
+`lampserver-1` is the name of the docker *container*, i.e., a running instance
 of the `lampserver` image.
 
 The first time you run the server in your directory, a MySQL data folder will
-be created inside your web directory under `./mysql`
-(you can change this if you want changing 
-  `-v <directory_for_mysql_data>:/var/lib/mysql`).
+be created inside your project directory `./mysql`
 
 A password for the `admin` user of MySQL is shown the first time.
 
-
-Your server is available at: http://localhost (if you want to use another port
-  of your host machine, change `-p "80:80"` by `-p "<another_port>:80"`)
+Your server is available at: http://localhost
+(if you want to use another port of your host machine, change `-p "80:80"`
+by `-p "<another_port>:80"`)
 
 # Using MySQL
 1. You can use PHPMyAdmin by going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin. You have