This article will help you to assign additional websites/domain names to your cPanel account either as a Parked or Addon domain. Firstly, it is important to understand the difference between the two and how they relate to your primary domain. This article assumes you are already logged into a cPanel account.
Primary Domains
This is the main domain for your cPanel account. This domain can only be changed by raising a support request to our staff.
Your primary domain is served from the public_html/ folder within your home directory. Your home directory is the directory you see when you first connect using FTP.
e.g. a file located in your home directory at public_html/mypage.html would be served to the world as http://mydomain/mypage.html
PLEASE DO NOT upload your website into the top level directory of your home directory unless you know exactly what you are doing. It usually won't work, and creates a mess!
Parked Domains
To add a Parked domain, simply click the Parked Domains icon in cPanel.
In terms of serving web pages, a parked domain is essentially an alias for your primary domain. Once you park a domain on your cPanel account, then both your primary domain, and the parked domain will open the same website, serviced from your public_html/ directory.
e.g. a file located in your home directory at public_html/mypage.html would be served to the world as both
http://myprimarydomain/mypage.html
http://myparkeddomain/mypage.html
Note : Parked domains are treated separately in terms of email handling - i.e. fred@myprimarydomain is a completely different mailbox account to fred@myparkeddomain
