A subdomain is part of a web address that's under the main domain, for example name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every single subdomain could have its own web site and records and can even be hosted with a different provider if you want to use a certain feature that isn't provided by your current service provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a company website along with an online store under a subdomain where customers can purchase your products. Additionally, you can have a forum in which they can discuss the products and by employing subdomains instead of subfolders you will avoid any risk of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping the sites separated is also more secure in the case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Web Hosting
Our web hosting packages will enable you to set up many subdomains for any domain name hosted in your account without any problem. Provided that the main domain address is added, it takes 2 mouse clicks to set up a subdomain and choose what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), create unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, plus much more. All subdomains are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for effortless access and administration. By right-clicking on any of them and by using instant access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that particular subdomain. We haven't set a limit for the amount of subdomains which you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you need.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers
With our semi-dedicated server plans, you're 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 will take a couple of clicks to create a new subdomain and in the process you will be able to add custom-made error pages for it, pick if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address, change the default folder that it'll access or activate FrontPage Extensions. All subdomains you've got in the account are going to be grouped under their root domain in alphabetical order and you will be able to see and handle all of them without difficulty. Through instant access buttons and right-click menus you will also be able to jump to the website files in the File Manager area or view logs, visitor stats and other information about any of your subdomains.