A subdomain is a part of a web address that's under the main domain name, for example name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain since 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 through a different provider if you need to use a feature that's not provided by your current provider. An 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. In addition, you can have a forum in which they can discuss the products and by employing subdomains instead of subfolders you will avoid any probability of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping your sites separated is also less risky in case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Shared Website Hosting
Our shared website hosting plans will allow you to create numerous subdomains for any domain address hosted within your account without any difficulty. If the main domain name is added, it will take two clicks to set up a subdomain and select what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), create customized 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 convenient 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 particular subdomain. We have not set a restriction for the amount of subdomains you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you wish.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you purchase a semi-dedicated server package, you're going to be able to create as many subdomains as you'd like as this feature is unlimited. Considering that the hosting packages are rather powerful, we have decided not to set any restriction on the amount of subdomains. Our sophisticated Hepsia CP will allow you to create a new subdomain with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, to pick which folder it's going to access within the account, to enable FrontPage Extensions for it, to set up unique error pages, to create a shared or a dedicated IP address if you have one, and more. For your convenience, all subdomains will be listed under their root domain, allowing you to very easily see and handle them. With fast access links, you'll also be able to open the site files for any one of the subdomains that you have or see its DNS records.