Craft Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 I would like to install WHMCS into sub-domain. Which place is better to install it (directory in home) or (directory in public_html) ? Which is better for security and for SEO? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS ChrisD Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Hello Craft It won't matter which location you place the sub-domain directory in, these days it seems most people are creating these in the /home root rather than in /public_html/subdomain.domain.com as this helps to keep your main site and sub-domain seperated It wont have any SEO impact either way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craft Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, WHMCS ChrisD said: Hello Craft It won't matter which location you place the sub-domain directory in, these days it seems most people are creating these in the /home root rather than in /public_html/subdomain.domain.com as this helps to keep your main site and sub-domain seperated It wont have any SEO impact either way. Perfect, thank you :) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kian Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 In case you already have a website (eg. Wordpress) on example.com and you want to install WHMCS in example.com/something rather than something.example.com, I suggest you to keep them on 2 separate hosting packages. This way if a backdoor hits your Wordpress they cannot do anyting to WHMCS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craft Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Kian said: In case you already have a website (eg. Wordpress) on example.com and you want to install WHMCS in example.com/something rather than something.example.com, I suggest you to keep them on 2 separate hosting packages. This way if a backdoor hits your Wordpress they cannot do anyting to WHMCS. Yea good idea too. But I have my Wordpress on example.com and I want to install WHMCS in subdomain.example.com (Same hosting package). Now if a backdoor hits my Wordpress, they can hit my WHMCS too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kian Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Yes. They're on the same hosting package therefore uploading a backdoor in WP automatically means that they can reach WHMCS. You can overcome this issue by simply treating WP and WHMCS as two separate websites. I don't know what control panel you use but in cPanel you need to use the following structure. If your ***.com has been compromised your client.***.com is still safe and vice versa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craft Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Kian said: Yes. They're on the same hosting package therefore uploading a backdoor in WP automatically means that they can reach WHMCS. You can overcome this issue by simply treating WP and WHMCS as two separate websites. I don't know what control panel you use but in cPanel you need to use the following structure. If your ***.com has been compromised your client.***.com is still safe and vice versa. Good idea.. I will do that .. thanks for your advice :) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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