A subdomain is a part of a web address that is under the main domain, for example name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Each subdomain can have its own site and records and can also be hosted with a different company if you want to use some feature that is not offered by your current service provider. An illustration for using a subdomain is if you have a business website along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can purchase your products. You can also have a forum where they can talk about the products and by employing subdomains instead of subfolders you'll avoid any risk of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping the websites separated is also less risky in case there is a script security breach.
Subdomains in Hosting
Our hosting packages will permit you to set up numerous subdomains for every domain address hosted inside your account without any difficulty. Assuming that the main domain address is added, it requires two mouse clicks to create a subdomain and choose what folder it will open (if different from the default one), create unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and more. All subdomains are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for effortless access and control. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using instant access buttons you can view the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that specific subdomain. We have not set a limit for the amount of subdomains which you can create with any one of our plans, so you can have as many as you wish.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan, you are going to be able to create as many subdomains as you wish simply because this feature is unlimited. Considering that the hosting plans are rather powerful, we've decided not to set any cap on the amount of subdomains. Our innovative Hepsia Control Panel will enable you to create a new subdomain with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, to choose which folder it is going to access inside the account, to activate FrontPage Extensions for it, to create unique error pages, to create a shared or a dedicated IP address if you have one, and more. To make it easier for you, all the subdomains will be listed under their root domain, so that you can effortlessly see and manage them. Using quick access links, you will also have the ability to open the website files for each of the subdomains that you have or see its DNS records.