Changing Directories

[wstar]

I see a few different posts, but I don't see this same question on here.
I have a site home directory as home/USERNAME. We also have a development site for testing. When I make a subdomain, it puts it in home/USERNAME/development folder. We would like to separate these like so

Main Site: home/USERNAME/site
Development Site: home/USERNAME/dev

I have full access to the server, even through WHM. I'm guessing I would have to change the httpd.conf file? And would there be one httpd.conf for both?

Thanks for any help in this issue.

 

[Infopro]

When adding a subdomain, you are able to modify the default path for it right from within your cPanel.

 

[wstar]

When creating the subdomain, the directory is set to the home directory then a subfolder.
Ex. home/USERNAME/subdomain

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

You can choose the document root of your preference when creating the subdomain. For instance, it can be in the account's home directory or within the public_html directory. Is it not working as intended when you do this?

Thank you.

 

[wstar]

Thanks for the quick replies.
When I create a subdomain I can attach and folder(s) to the end of the home directly. But I wanted to see if there was a way to make it different than the home directory.

My end goal is to have this
Main Site: home/USERNAME/site
Development Site: home/USERNAME/dev

I just don't want the development site to be home/USERNAME/site/dev

 

[cPanelMichael]

Could you attach a screenshot of what you see when attempting to modify the directory during the subdomain creation?

Thank you.

 

[wstar]

Yeah I can when I get home. I think my first step is to change the home directory for the site?
To home/USERNAME/site instead of the default home/USERNAME/ ?

 

[Infopro]

We would like to separate these like so

Main Site: home/USERNAME/site
Development Site: home/USERNAME/dev

So, on the Create a Subdomain page, you'd do this:

Subdomain: dev
Domain: domain.com
Document root: /dev
You'll need to edit the auto filled details here.

The docs should be of some use:

Subdomains - cPanel Documentation