my domain name opens 1and1 defaultsite - prestashop

My domain is in godaddy and web hosting is in 1and1 webserver. I have used prestashop and installed prestashop in webserver in subfolder called prestashop. When i installed prestashop to my site i used mydomain/prestashop/install and completed the installation processes. Now, when i try to open my website www.mydomain.com is opens www.mydomain.com/defaultsite. but if i type www.mydomain.com/prestashop/index.php my website home page opens. I want my site open when i just type www.mydomain.com. Can anyone please help me. My DNS server propagation is completed.

It seems that you have uploaded the Prestashop folder in your root folder. The documentation given below has some language error. It should be upload data of PrestaShop folder at the root folder
From the installation documentation for Prestashop 1.6 and Prestashop 1.7
Your needs:
If you want your shop to be the main website for your domain name (i.e., http://www.example.com), upload PrestaShop at the root folder of the upload space (which may depend on the host).
If you want your shop to be in a sub-folder of your domain name (http://www.example.com/shop), you must first create a folder through FileZilla (right-click and choose "Create directory"), then upload PrestaShop in that folder.
If you want your shop to be in a sub-domain of your domain name (http://shop.example.com), you must first create a sub-domain. This depends on your host: you might be able to do it simply by adding a new folder with your FTP client, or you might have to create the sub-domain through your host's administration panel. Read your host's support documentation first. Once created, browse to the sub-domain's folder, and upload PrestaShop there.

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How to remove catalog name from url?

I have PrestaShop 1.7.8.7
My application is located in /public_html/home.
I assigned domain to catalog /home, but to access my website I need to use url domain.com/home/ to access homepage.
How do I make it just domain.com?
You'll need to move your Prestashop installation files from the /public_html/home directory and put it everything in /public_html directory.
Then you'll have to change the "physical_uri" value in ps_shop_url database table from /home/ to /
You can either do this directly from DB or from Backoffice in the "Seo&Url" section.
Make sure to save your settings afterwards so a new .htaccess file will be regenerated in the web folder root with correct paths.

Swap primary domains on GoDaddy cpanel hosting

I have two domains hosted on GoDaddy cpanel - one is the primary and the other is an Addon. Each of the two domains has a live website hosted on it (both sites developed on Wordpress). Basically I just need to swap the Addon domain to become the primary domain. What's the best way of doing this?
I have researched and there are different approaches I gathered.
1- First approach is, to swap the primary domain website files (on File Manager) to be in a sub-folder under public_html. While the Addon domain website files to be placed directly under the root of the Public_HTML folder. Also to go into the Addon Domains option in cpanel, and do something about adding the "connect" to the Addon. I didn't understand what this meant. I can see my Addon domain is in the Addon Domains list. But not sure what else I need to do there?
2- Or I saw another way is, to create subfolders for each website and specify in the .htaccess (in the public_html) the folder which you want to be the main domain (after copying some template script of .htaccess and modyfying the main domain part of the script to be your domain). Then login to the Wordpress admin and in Setting ensure the wordpress address (url) and site address (url) are pointing to the correct sub folder under the domain hosted. Apparently the purpose of this approach is not to place an entire website folders and files directly under the root of public_html, which is very messy. But to keep each website organised in its own sub folder.
So which approach is more recommended? I.e. which is the least messy?
My last question is, I already have the main domain website folders and files directly under the root of the public_html. I don't know which folders and files belong to the website, that I need to move to a subfolder. Under the public_html, I have the following folders (exclusing subfolder of other websites, which obviously belongs to the other websites). I don't which of these folder are part of the main website (to move into a sub folder) and which folders are meant to stay under the public_html:
.htpasswds
.well-known
cgi-bin
hilositelock
oldwp-content
replica
test
wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
wpps-tools
Please refer to the info below about the hosting info (in case it's required):
Hosting Package: Ultimate
cPanel Version: 78.0 (build 27)
Apache Version: 2.4.39
PHP Version: 5.6.40
Operating System: linux
Many thanks
Here is the solution to your question.
If you want to swap both site's data (add-on and primary domain) then first take the backup(files and databases) of both websites using some plugin (As you are using WordPress).
Then set add-on domain as primary domain.
Now primary domain will become parked domain and add this parked domain as add-on domain and install a fresh WordPress on it.
Now you can simply restore backup of both sites using the plugin you had used for backup.
For Reference you can relate to this video.

Different virtual hosts for same website but different pages

My web server directory is as follows:
var/www/html/site-part-1
var/www/html/site-part-2
In site-part-1, I have a wordpress installation, and when a person lands on my site by google organic / direct whatever when they type in the domain into addres bar it will take user to site-part-1
Currently site-part-1 is operational with the virtual host configuration directory root directory set to var/www/html/site-part-1
But I have a completely different system in site-part-2, that is built with python which I will be accessing via a link from the wordpress site.
example.com (site-part-1) will have a link, and it will take the user to my website example.com/my/directory and in /my/directory will be the contents of site-part-2
It may have worked sticking site-part-2 in the wordpress site folder but for cleanliness I put it into seperate folder
Does anyone know how I should go about setting up my apache settings so that both directories work together?

Migration to VPS w/Plesk

I had a shared hosting package with 1and1 and I just moved over to their VPS hosting that uses Plesk. I already had the domains moved over the VPS server and I already uploaded all of the files via FTP.
I talked to an agent yesterday and he helped me setup the main page on the website so that it would go to the appropriate root directory. The main website is working properly whenever I go the main domain name, however, whenever I go to website.com/blank or website.com/stuff, I receive a 404 error.
The strange part is that I see the files in Plesk file manager, I just don't know why they are not displaying properly. I didn't change anything in the migration process.
I did not change the code on any of the pages and I have contacted their customer support team a number of times, but they have been unable to resolve the issue.
Can anyone tell me what I should do to make sure that the files are associated with the correct pages?
Have you checked the permission for the files and folder under your domain, this seems to be an issue with either your ownership or permission of the files. And if thats not the problem it could even be your .htaccess file.. make sure you have transferred your .htaccess file as well from old shared hosting to new VPS.

change default page in cpanel

What do I need to do to change the default page in cpanel?
Update or create .htaccess file in the public_html folder and make the following content..
DirectoryIndex index.php home.php
If you are referring to the default apache cPanel page then you will need whm access for that
WHM >> Main >> Account Functions >> Web Template Editor
Here you can change the default page, suspended page etc.
Assuming you are referring to the default page when an account is created, this is easily done by creating an index.html or .php page within your /etc/skel folder (assuming you have a VPS or dedicated server).
There is a setting within WHM that allows for it in case you are not CLI savvy.
Hope this helps, sorry for the delayed response, but I'm new and trying to build my rep up!
You can create custom branded login pages for cPAnel and WHM by using the advanced branding features of cPanel. cPanel also supports custom login pages for each reseller's accounts. Linked Below is the documentation.
http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/CustomBrandedLoginPages
how to create cpanel default page for hosting domains.
create default html page and upload the files in Skeleton Directory on cpanel root domain.
http://www.motherhost.in/members/knowledgebase/22/how-to-change-default-page-in-cpanel.html
The skeleton directory ( Skeleton Directory: A directory that defines what files and subdirectories new accounts will have by default. When the account is created, the new user’s account will contain an exact copy of the skeleton directory.) exists to let you easily copy the same files into every new account’s public_html and public_ftp directories when the account is created.
Keep in mind that:
When a visitor accesses http://example.com, he will see the contents of example.com 's public_html directory.
When a visitor accesses http://example.com/subdirectory, he will see the contents of public_html/subdirectory.
Contents of the public_ftp directory are available for anonymous FTP users to download.
This WHM feature simply states the location of the skeleton directory (/root/cpanel3-skel).
To set up your skeleton directory:
These files will be accessible to the new user via an FTP client.
Decide what kind of default setup you would like your new users to have.
Place the appropriate subdirectories and HTML files in /root/cpanel3-skel/public_html.
These files will be copied to new accounts’ public_html directories when accounts are created.
Place the appropriate FTP-related files in /root/cpanel3-skel/public_ftp.
These files will be accessible to the new user via an FTP client.