How do I change my website root directory or parking location using the Aplus.Net Control Panel?

Each domain associated with your hosting plan stores its files in a particular directory known as its parking location.

When you have only one domain hosted on a plan, the parking location is set (by default) to the {home}/html/ directory. However, when you have two or more domains hosted on a plan, files for the primary domain (usually the first domain associated with the Webspace) are stored in the {home}/html/ directory, while files for the secondary domain(s) are stored in a directory that shares the same name as the domain itself (i.e. {home}/yourdomainname.com/html/).

You can use the Aplus.Net Control Panel to change the parking location for any of your domains.

Here’s how:

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
Click the Change Website Root icon.
On the Modify Domain Location page, select the parking location for the domain you’ve selected. You will have two options: the {home}/html/ directory (designated as /) or the {home}/yourdomainname.com/ directory (designated as /yourdomainname.com).
Click Modify to change the parking location or click Cancel to escape.

Important: Changing a domain’s parking location does not move any of the files associated with a particular domain – it just changes the directory that a browser looks in when a visitor requests your site’s content. If you change your primary domain’s parking location from / to yourdomainname.com/, you will need to move the files found in the {home}/html/ directory to the {home}/yourdomainname.com/html/ before a browser will be able to pull up your site.

Likewise, when you change a directory from yourdomainname.com/ to /, the site that was once your secondary site will immediately be associated with the files in your {home}/html/ directory (i.e. the files associated with your primary domain). This may have unintended consequences: visitors to the secondary site will see the primary site’s content until the files are moved.

Finally, you can park more than one domain in the / directory. Under this scenario, all the domains that share the same root directory will display the same content, albeit with different URLs. This is a good scenario for companies or sites that have merged: both domains are displayed in the address bar, although they point to the same pages.