cPanel Best File Structure Set Up.

[Euroman]

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

[eUK-Martin]

Originally Posted by Euroman

Q1) What is the difference between the public_html folder & the www folder, I see that default permissions are different.

There is no difference, www folder is soft link to the public_html folder.

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?

Yes, the answer is in your next question. Add them as separate folders parallel to your public_html 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?

That is very much correct. The folder that will be created outside of your public_html folder will be the web folder for your sub domain.

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?

No. And there should not be any need to change any thing within the files except the DB information in wp-config.php

Q5) Would it be better to use Fantastico to create a new Wordpress blog (v2.5) & then change / add my pages?

The best way to do it will be:
1. Just to copy the blog folder from the old host to your space with us
2. Create the DB
3. Restore the DB
4. And change the DB information in wp-config.php
That should be enough.

[Euroman]

Ok that's great. Thanks for your comprehensive answers.
Just so I'm crystal clear, the public_html folder is in effect my 'domain#1' folder?

Can it be renamed to the domain name?
Can ftp access be restricted to just this folder or does it access the whole account?

Thanks, Mark

[eUKhost.com]

Originally Posted by Euroman

Ok that's great. Thanks for your comprehensive answers.
Just so I'm crystal clear, the public_html folder is in effect my 'domain#1' folder?

Can it be renamed to the domain name?
Can ftp access be restricted to just this folder or does it access the whole account?

Thanks, Mark

Don't rename public_html folder as your website hosting will stop working as soon as you rename public_html.

You can add a new FTP account from FTP manager and set permission for that FTP account to access any specific folder or whole public_html depending on your requirements.

[Euroman]

Thanks again for the help. the help on this forum is very impressive.

I've got one web site hosting duplicated onto eUK now. But I really need to point my nameservers here to give it a good test as the web site hosting uses a lot of absolute links & they go straight back to the original web site hosting - doh!

Thanks, Mark