A virtual directory in Parallels Plesk Panel is a link to existing physical directory
that is present on the server's hard disk. Virtual directories can have a number
of specific settings like custom ASP.NET configuration, access permissions, URL
password protection, and so on.
To create a new virtual directory on a domain please follow the following steps:-
1) Go to Home > Virtual Directories. You are in your Web site root now.
2) Navigate to the directory in which you want to create a new virtual directory.
3) Click Create Virtual Directory.
4) Specify the required parameters:-
1) Name - specify the virtual directory name.
2) Path - specify the virtual directory path
a) Select the Create physical directory with the same name as virtual directory
check box to automatically create a physical directory with the same name as
the virtual directory you are creating.
b) Clear the Create physical directory with the same name as virtual directory check
box and specify the path in the field to select the physical directory that already
exists.
3) Script source access - select this check box to allow users to access source code if
either Read or Write permissions are set. Source code includes scripts in ASP applications.
4) Read permission - select this check box to allow users to read files or directories and their
associated properties.
5) Write permission - select this check box to allow users to upload files and their associated
properties to the virtual directory or to change content in a write-enabled file. Write access is
allowed only if browser supports the PUT feature of the HTTP 1.1 protocol.
6) Directory browsing - select this check box to allow users to see a hypertext listing of the files
and subdirectories in the virtual directory.
7) Log visits - select this check box if you want to store the information about visits of the virtual
directory.
8) Create application - select this check box to make the Web directory an IIS Application. The
directory becomes logically independent from the rest of the Web site.
9) Execute permissions - select the appropriate program execution level allowed for the virtual
directory.
None - allow access only to static files such as HTML or image files.
Scripts only - allow running scripts only, not executables.
Scripts and Executables - remove all restrictions so that all file types can be executed.
10) ASP Settings - set specific settings for ASP-based Web applications.
11) Click OK to complete the creation.
