A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain name, such as name.example.com. From a technical perspective, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every subdomain can have its own site and records and can also be hosted through a different provider if you wish to use some feature that isn't provided by your current provider. An illustration for using a subdomain is if you have a company site and an online store under a subdomain where customers can buy your products. You can also have a forum in which they can discuss the products and by using subdomains instead of subfolders you will avoid any risk of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping the websites separated is also less risky in the event of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Cloud Website Hosting
Our cloud website hosting packages will permit you to set up many subdomains for every domain hosted within your account without any difficulty. Assuming that the main domain address is added, it requires two clicks to create a subdomain and choose what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), set unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and much more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for effortless access and control. By right-clicking on any of them and by using quick access buttons you can view the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that specific subdomain. We haven't set a restriction for the total number of subdomains that you can create with any one of our plans, so you can have as many as you want.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you get a semi-dedicated server plan, you will be able to create as many subdomains as you want since this feature is unrestricted. For the reason that the website hosting plans are quite powerful, we have decided not to put any cap on the number of subdomains. Our innovative Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to create a new subdomain with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, to choose which folder it will access in the account, to activate FrontPage Extensions for it, to set up unique error pages, to set a shared or a dedicated IP address if you have one, and a lot more. To make it easier for you, all the subdomains are going to be listed under their root domain, so you can easily see and handle them. With instant access links, you will also have the ability to open the site files for any of the subdomains that you have or check out its DNS records.