A subdomain is a web address, that is under a main, or a root domain name. An illustration is something.domain.com, in which domain.com is the main domain name, while "something" is the subdomain below it. Every single subdomain can have its own website and records i.e. apart from employing the domain name as part of the whole web address, a subdomain can be totally independent and also hosted by a separate provider. Using a subdomain could be very practical if you wish to have different sites that are associated in some way. For example, you could have an online store under the main domain plus a forum under a subdomain so as to supply means for your customers to ask questions and share views concerning your products. The main advantage of employing a subdomain as opposed to a subfolder is that the web sites are going to be separated, so you're able to update one of them or perform maintenance not affecting the other.
Subdomains in Cloud Hosting
Each cloud hosting package we provide will allow you to create hundreds of subdomains with no more than a couple of mouse clicks inside your website hosting CP. They will all be listed in the section where you create them and grouped under the main domain for more convenience, to help you effortlessly keep tabs on them all. Additionally, you can access a lot of functions for any one of the subdomains through right-click context menus - for instance, you can view or change their DNS records, access the website files, and much more. While creating a new subdomain, you will also have lots of options that you can choose from - define the default access folder, create customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions or decide if the subdomain is going to use a shared or a dedicated IP address. What number of subdomains you are going to have is completely up to you since we haven't limited this feature for any one of our packages.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With our semi-dedicated server plans, you are going to be able to create an unlimited amount of subdomains for any one of the domains that you add as hosted in the account. It's going to take a couple of mouse clicks to create a new subdomain and during the process you'll be able to add custom error pages for it, choose if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address, change the default folder that it's going to access or activate FrontPage Extensions. All subdomains that you have within the account are going to be arranged under their root domain from a to z and you will be able to see and control all of them without difficulty. Through fast access buttons and right-click menus you'll also be able to jump to the website files within the File Manager section or see logs, visitor stats and other information about any of your subdomains.