Hi,
I'm trying to run a couple of duplicate sites on eUK to compare with my current host.
I've used a spare domain to set up the main site.
I'm familiar with h-sphere & not the cpanel directory structure. I've looked at cpanel tutorials & documentation & they all tell me how to do stuff, but not why I might want to do it. Maybe someone can answer the following questions or point me in the right direction for additional info.
Q1) What is the difference between the public_html folder & the www folder, I see that default permissions are different.
Q2) I'll be using add on domains. If these are added as separate folder in public_html, they are lost within all the folders of main site. Can the main web site hosting be tidied up into a single folder?
Q3) In answer to multiple domain question,
cPanel - The Leading Control Panel, suggests adding domains outside of public_html folder: "Your account will have a main domain associated with it in order to keep track of the account. Then, simply add more domains through the Addon Domains area in cPanel. You will probably want to add them outside of your public_html directory in order to keep track of them easily.
Your main domain will be located at /home/username/public_html. You can then add domains in directories like this:
domain2.com -> /home/username/domain2.com/
domain3.org -> /home/username/domain3.org"
I'm assuming this works, but thought all web stuff had to be in public_html or www folders?
Q4) One of the sites I want to bring across contains a Wordpress blog/site. I know I will have to change a couple of files & the .htaccess file & set up a database, but will there be any files/folders that should live outside of public_html?
Q5) Would it be better to use Fantastico to create a new Wordpress blog (v2.5) & then change / add my pages?
Thanks in advance, Mark