Main Domain And Addon Domains In Directory Selection

[exclusiveone]

I'm a little new to the cPanel world and I hope you guys can help me become as efficient as you are.


When I go to file manager > directory selection > down arrow (where my domains are listed) I see:

maindomain.com

addondomain.com.maindomain.com

addondomain.com

What does this mean?

Can I use either one when I upload/ ftp files to the addon domain?


Thanks in advance.

 

[Infopro]

Not sure what this means or where its at:

> directory selection > down arrow

But, when you create an addon domain, it is actually a subdomain. So:

public_html/ = is your "main domain" or domain.com
addondomain/ = is your "addon domain" or otherdomain.com

 

[exclusiveone]

Hey Infopro, thanks for the response.

After you click on File Manager under Frequently Accessed Areas it takes you to the File Manager Directory Selection window (sorry, that's what I meant about directory selection), then where it says Please select a directory to open:, there's a rectangular box with a little down arrow/ triangle under Document Root for:.

Yes, I actually figured out that cPanel creates an addon domain (addondomain.com) and a sub domain (addondomain.com.maindomain.com).

I have another question. Can I set up my addon domain's document root like this: addons/addondomain.com/public_html

I've read about people setting things up in a folder named addons and putting the addondomain.com and public_html folder in it so they can keep things more organized.

Have you heard of this?

 

[Infopro]

Ah, the popup. Understood.

You can create addon domains inside a directory in public_html, yes. When creating it you'd edit the Document Root section. You can also create them outside public_html as well.

Addon domains - cPanel Documentation

 

[exclusiveone]

I created my addon domain like this to try it out: addons/addondomain.com/public_html. Which I guess is considered to be outside public_html, right?

So when I upload my website, I put everything in the last folder (addons/addondomain.com/public_html).

Is this set up going to work?

I hope you understand.

 

[Infopro]

addons/addondomain.com/ *is* the public_html for that addon domain.

addons/addondomain.com/public_html <- that's a directory in it.

 

[exclusiveone]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the help Infopro.