What is the Document-Root?

This is the directory where your site lives, and where you should put your index.php or index.html file, or install your software.  Its also where Wordpress is typically installed.

The default settings are as follows:

For the main site (mywebsite.com in this example) this is where your document root usually lives:

/home/domains/mywebsite.com/public

for any subdomians of that site (mysubdomain.mywebsite.com in this example):

/home/domains/mywebsite.com/public.mysubdomain

For older, Gen6 SmartVPS customers, the document root is typically here:

/home/domains/mywebsite.com/docs

How can I change my website's document-root?

1. Log in to your Dashboard
2. Navigate to VPS HOSTING
   
3. Select your VPS/Domain: mywebsite.com 
   -> Click Manage (green button)
   
4. Go to Web Sites
   
5. Scroll to your website, and click (edit) next to the Document Root.
   
6. Type in a directory name and click Save.  Note: If the directory doesn't exist, clicking 'Save' will also create the directory automatically.
   
7. Important: You will also need to change the document-root for the two SSL versions of your site (www and without www.)

That's it, you're done!