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Changing Directories

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  1. wstar

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    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.
     
    #1 wstar, Dec 23, 2014
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    When adding a subdomain, you are able to modify the default path for it right from within your cPanel.
     
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    When creating the subdomain, the directory is set to the home directory then a subfolder.
    Ex. home/USERNAME/subdomain
     
    #3 wstar, Dec 23, 2014
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    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.
     
    #4 cPanelMichael, Dec 23, 2014
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    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
     
    #5 wstar, Dec 23, 2014
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    Could you attach a screenshot of what you see when attempting to modify the directory during the subdomain creation?

    Thank you.
     
    #6 cPanelMichael, Dec 23, 2014
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    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/ ?
     
    #7 wstar, Dec 23, 2014
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    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
     
    #8 Infopro, Dec 23, 2014
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