Tutorial first app issues when not installed in doc root

OK, well that was a surprise!  I did move all the other folders/files into the higher directory, outside of the webserver doc root.  I adjusted the path in the index.php and all is well!

I would like to know how you detected the notes.txt file -- there was no directory indexing active?

Also, one other change I 'think' was needed involved the create news item view:
app/Views/news/create.php

The original 'action' according to the tutorial was:
<form action="/news/create" method="post">

I had to change it to the below:
<form action="<?=site_url()?>/news/create" method="post">

Again, many thanks for the help!
John