addon domains and public_html folder

[webfreak]

why do all my addon domains have to point in the public_html folder instead of the root folder

i am afraid that google can't crawl and index the addon domains now that are forced to point in the public_html folder

the sites uploaded on those domains work flawlessly ftp and email all work fine

any help appreciated

[Alan B]

Google can crawl them.

If you have several domains, you'll find a reseller account is much better than using addon domains.

[webfreak]

ok then we will just wait and see

i took a look at the reseller packages and web host manager demos
here and besides being kinda pricey they are also a little bit more complicated than i could handle right now
so maybe later

anyway thanks for your reply

[Alan B]

I find it easier to manage domains in a reseller account than with addon domains.

[webfreak]

realy and why is that?
what does a reseller account has to offer more besides resources propably?
maybe i should try it ?

the account im using right now seems to be more than enough for my hosting needs

[Alan B]

If you have multiple domain names, you may find that a Reseller account is better for you. Addon domains are really a kluge to provide a cheap method to host a few "extra" domains on a standard shared account. Addon domains aren't really suitable when you start needing other services of a full account, such as databases, etc.

A Reseller account allows you to host multiple domains each with its own full cPanel account and features. It also gives you another, higher level, control panel called WHM with which you manage all your domains. You can set different limits and preferences on each domain/account. Also, if Support needed to disable an account, only one domain would be affected. As Addon domains are all part of a single cPanel account, if Support had to disable the account then all domains would be disabled.

I don't actually "resell", but I host several sites through a Reseller account. I would never do that using Addon domains, as Addon is just too limited a method. Once you use a Reseller account to manage multiple domains, you'll never go back to the awkwardness of Addon domains.

[webfreak]

i see
the guys whose sites im hosting dont even know what hosting means so they wouldnt have any use for an account with cpanel all that features and they are plain static low traffic html sites so i wont be needing dbs either and if someone asks for cpanel or more features i could buy them a standard shared account i guess.

by Support you mean the whb admins might suspend my account for some reason this is sth im afraid it meight happen.

so let me make a newbee comparison to see if i get it right
shared VS reseller is like usb modem VS wireless modem/router ?

and also a thing that worries if i want to change my hosting plan is
do i have to tranfer everything to a new location
and change namservers ?

[Alan B]

If you have a reseller plan, you can create and use personal nameservers. e.g. ns1.webfreak.com, ns2.webfreak.com. You can then set all your domains to use those nameservers. While you are at WHB, you would set your personal nameservers to resolve to WHB. The big advantage comes when you have to move to a new server or a new host: you won't need to change nameservers for all your domains. You will just change where your personal nameservers resolve to.

[webfreak]

i see
another q

can i install my own email client like squirel mail or the ones currently installed with cpanel

[omniuni]

Even on a shared account, you can install your own eMail, but squirrelmail, hoarde, and roundcube are all included with cPanel and work with any add-on domains. If you're not needing cPanel hosting, I don't see why you would spend the extra money. if you run into performance issues, WHB will work with you to migrate your account with minimal downtime (I'm sure). I've personally never had any performance issues with my shared hosting from WHB in recent history. you can still have ftp accounts for each domain, eMail addresses, databases, install software with fantastico, etc. http://domain.com/webmail will work for any add-on domain, so you don't even need to give your clients your website as a base-point for getting their webmail. I also suspect that any of your clients are going to actually care what a nameserver is, becaues they sound like my clients. I could tell them the website came from a bunch of people in china that copy-pasted together each page as it was requested, and that the servers themselves ran on the power of bike-pedaling chimpanzees and they'd say "oh, that's nice dear." (Don't call me 'Dear'!!)

Oh, and Google will find your add-on domains just fine, just check out my SEO tips in the "Your Website" part of this forum.

@Alan B: Especially with the economy as it is around here, sometimes lower cost is better than slightly higher efficiency. I do not think a reseller account is really what is needed here.

[Alan B]

Yes, you could install your own SquirrelMail, which I have done. This enables you to have more control over it than the cPanel version, and lets you customize it as you wish with many SquirrelMail plugins and tweaks.

Omniuni is entitled to his opinion. Having managed many domains and accounts, I can tell you that it's much easier and you have more control using a reseller account.

[webfreak]

im not willing to pay for an email client hope to stumble into some freeware
but since i live in greece and my clients as well i needed utf-8 enconding because i had a problem the email text being garbled
i mention my problem to WHB guys and they told they couldnt anything about it because it very difficult to change the settings of the email client for everyone just because i was asking for it.
now it may have been an error on my part causing to text to appear garbled but its working fine with gmail email fetcher great app by the way .

its not only downtime that im concerned about but dns progatation too.

im sure the reseller account has more features and advantages against a shared one
and i think that wHB has very competitive hosting plans after a little search i did so if i decide to upgrade to reseller i wont be moving an inch from here

but i d like to focus on designing sites and not hosting them and so far i had no major issues with my current hosting plan.

[Alan B]

You mentioned some issues at the beginning of this thread, how you didn't like how addon domains were in the public_html folder of the main domain. That's why I offered you an alternative.

[webfreak]

yes and i thanked for the time you devoted in answering my question but as it seems it isn't appropariate for me at this time.

so i'll just thank you again for answering all of my questions with clarity and precision and propably wait for Santa to drop me a reseller account down the chimney.
because propably thats the only way i can afford it
thanks again merry christmas and a happy new year hohoho