A subdomain is part of a web address that's under the main domain name, such as 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". Each subdomain can have its own website and records and can also be hosted using a different company if you need to use a certain feature that isn't offered by your current provider. An example 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. In addition, you can have a forum where they can comment on the products and by employing subdomains instead of subfolders you will avoid any risk of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your sites separated is also less risky in case there is a script security breach.
Subdomains in Shared Hosting
Our shared hosting plans will permit you to set up countless subdomains for every domain hosted in your account without any problem. Provided that the main domain name is added, it takes 2 mouse clicks to set up a subdomain and pick what folder it'll open (if different from the default one), set custom 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 management. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using fast access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that particular subdomain. We haven't set a restriction for the amount of subdomains that you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you want.
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 one of the domains which you add as hosted in the account. It takes a few clicks to create a new subdomain and in the process you are going to be able to add tailor-made error pages for it, choose 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 which you have within the account are going to be grouped under their root domain from a to z and you'll be able to see and control all of them without difficulty. Using instant access buttons and right-click menus you will also be able to jump to the website files in the File Manager section or view logs, visitor stats and other info about any one of your subdomains.