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Directory Structure

At the root of your account exists these directories:

  • /backups
  • /domains
  • /imap
  • /Maildir
  • /public_html

/backups

The /backups directory contains all the backups created through the control panel. You will not have a /backups directory until you create a backup in the control panel.

/domains

The /domains directory contains the files relating to your hosting account(s). Each domain hosted on your account has its own directory (/domains/yourdomain.com). Within this directory is:

  • /logs
  • /private_html
  • /public_html
  • /public_ftp
  • /stats
  • (monthly logs are stored here — the directory is created one month after your account is created)
  • (files for your general encrypted website)
  • (files for your general website)
  • (files for your FTP site)
  • (files created by Webalizer for the purpose of statistics — do not alter/delete this directory)

/imap

Every IMAP folder (at least for incoming messages) has sub-folders new and cur. The new sub-folder contains all newly arrived messages which have not been yet viewed by any e-mail client (does not matter: offline or online). Of course you should read them via mail client( POP3 or IMAP), otherwise if you read them in SSH or FTP/FileManager they would not be marked as read.

/Maildir

/Maildir is the system email box storage. It has nothing to do with virtual email boxes. In most cases the box contain errors and notifications from system.

/public_html

The /public_html directory at the root of your account is actually a link to /domains/yourdomain.com/public_html. If you have more than one domain hosted on your account, this link will forward you to the public_html directory of the last domain created on your account.

Home (index.html) File

The default file for any web directory is index.html. That means when visitors access http://www.yourdomain.com, the server really sends them to http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html. This works for any publicly accessible directory on your system, including subdomains.

When uploading a main web site for each directory remember to name it index.html. Advanced users may utilize PHP files, shtml files, etc. If your web site is not based in html, then make sure your main files are renamed index.extension (index.html, index.shtml, for example).