Hi. I'm new to Linode and a bit of a n00b with server administrating but am learning lots. I've recently gotten virtual hosting working through Apache.

I'm just wondering if there is a 'standard' place to store each site's directory? If not what pathing structure do you recommend?

I have the following structue but am not sure if it's a 'best practice':

/home/<myusername>/public_html/site1.com/index.html
/home/<myusername>/public_html/site2.com/index.html
/home/<myusername>/public_html/site3.com/index.html

In most cases, website files are placed under either /var/www or /home. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Do what seems natural for you.

If different users need to manage their own sites, you might want to consider creating some additional usernames and making each user own his/her site. But if you're managing all those sites, don't make it unnecessarily complicated.

Personally I use a similar structure to you, except under /srv/http/ instead of /home/username/

Ill second fukawi2,

/srv/http/domain1.tld
/srv/http/domain2.tld