If you have created an Addon domain and need to access the folder contents via FTP or to upload files into the directory, you can use the same login details as you would to access your cPanel account. The log in details can be found on the email subject titled “New Account Information”. This email would have been emailed to you on the day you signed up with us.
When you first set up the addon domain in cPanel, you can set the location where to set up this folder. We strongly recommend that you set all addon domains outside the main public_html directory for added security to the website.
For Example:
You have just created a addon domain domainb.com.au and the folder you have saved this under is /home/maincpanelusername/domainb.com.au the remote folder is domainb.com.au
You should be able to connect to the folder using a FTP program such as FileZilla. If you have connected correctly via FTP, you should be able to see the directories on the remote server.
By default, your cPanel primary domain directory is where your HTML, PHP, WordPress or other website files etc… go into.
In this example, we created a new addon domain called domainb.com.au.
When you create an Addon domain, you should see a different directory (highlighted blue). The directory is usually named the addon domain you entered to be easily identifiable.
Notice 3 folders down is public_html where the contents sit for your primary domain name. For additional security to your websites, we never recommend putting your addon domain inside the public_html directory.
In this case if you have a FTP client or a website builder application that requires a remote directory, you can enter “/domainb.com.au” to directly upload the files directly to that domain (using domainb.com.au as an example).
It is very important that you do not rename any website directories via your ftp client that have been created by cPanel. These directories are set up when you add an addon domain via cPanel.
