The Web Root or Document Root directory is the starting directory of your domain. This is where your website data is stored.

On Windows Web Hosting, the root directory is:

The absolute path to your Document Root is:

Example:

When you access the server via FTP, you will be directly in the directory where data can be published.

On our CloudLinux Web Hosting, the root directory is:

The absolute path to your Document Root directory is:

Example:

If you are using a Web Hosting plan on our CloudLinux server environment, you can publish your web data in the /www directory.

Create a PHP file with the following content:

Save the file with any name (e.g., root.php) and upload it via FTP to the directory you want to check.

If you adjust the path to your main domain through the System Configurator or add additional domain mappings that point to a subfolder, the root directory will change accordingly.

If a subdomain named shop.yourdomain.com is created and points to the /shop directory, this directory becomes the root directory, and data must be stored there.

Windows Hosting:

CloudLinux Hosting:

More information on setting up domain mappings can be found in this article.