A subdomain is a part of a web address which is under the main domain, for instance name.example.com. From a technical perspective, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every subdomain could have its own web site and records and can even be hosted with a different company if you wish to use a feature that's not offered by your current provider. A good example for using a subdomain is if you have a business site along with an online store under a subdomain where customers can purchase your products. You can also have a forum where they can talk about the products and by employing subdomains rather than subfolders you'll avoid any probability of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping your websites separated is also more secure in the event of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Cloud Hosting
With our cloud hosting packages you'll be able to create subdomains with a few clicks in your website hosting CP. All of them will be listed in a single location along with the domain addresses hosted in the account and grouped under their own domain to help make their managing much easier. No matter the plan that you select, you'll be able to create many subdomains and set their access folder or create custom error pages along the way. Additionally, you will have access to lots of functions for any of them with just a click, so from the same section where you create them you can access their DNS records, files, visitor statistics, etc. As opposed to other companies, we haven't restricted the amount of subdomains that you can have even if you host one domain within the account.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With our semi-dedicated server plans, you are going to be able to create an unrestricted number of subdomains for any of the domains that you add as hosted in the account. It takes a few clicks to create a new subdomain and throughout the process you will be able to add tailor-made error pages for it, pick if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP, change the default folder that it will access or activate FrontPage Extensions. All subdomains that you have in the account are going to be arranged under their root domain from a to z and you will be able to see and handle all of them without difficulty. By using instant access buttons and right-click menus you'll also be able to jump to the website files within the File Manager section or view logs, visitor stats and other information about any one of your subdomains.