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What is "subdomain"?
A sub domain is one, which resides under your top-level
domain name, but in many ways behaves as a "totally independent
domain". You'll observe that many of the larger corporations
use these, as they're somewhat more professional looking,
and do a better job of creating an independent precedence
for service or product lines, which appear as separate web
entities.
Example: You're a GM dealer with a site such as GM.com. You
sell everything from Pontiac's to Cadillac's. To better organize
your online presence, you could create sub domains for your
various automotive lines. These would appear as http://pontiac.gm.com
or http://cadillac.gm.com. Also note that in most cases, the
domain need not be called with the http:// or www protocol.
pontiac.gm.com can be called exactly how it appears
here.
Setting up a sub domain:
Thanks to CPanel, this task has been made easier than ever and
can be achieved as follows:
1. Login to C-Panel
2. Select Sub Domains
3. Enter the name of your new sub domain
4. Hit "Add"
That's it! Your new sub domain is now ready for use. To find
it, login to your "main web directory" through CPanel
by selecting "files" or simply use your favorite FTP
client. You'll see it residing as another directory. Upload
your files to this directory just as you would with any other.
For example,
if you created pontiac, then a directory called pontiac is what
you'll be looking for.
(home/yourlogin/public_html/subdomain)
Independent cgi-bin
All new sub domains are created with their own independent
cgi-bin. This means your new sub domain operates independently
of everything else, and is almost like having a whole new
domain. Feel free to configure all cgi scripts, which are
pertinent to the functioning of this sub domain. A nice feature,
as it saves your main cgi-bin from becoming cluttered and
somewhat disorganized; especially if you utilize a lot of
cgi programming.
Independent email for the new sub domain
- (In final development)
Yes, you'll observe duplicates of all "configured pop
email accounts" appearing beside the sub-domain,
and or all sub-domains you've created. Now I know you'll
be tempted to use (what appears to be) a perfectly good email
address's, BUT please "Don't!" This is a feature
that is in final development. While it may look somewhat
confusing at first glance, it's really not. In the near
future, you'll be able to configure these email accounts for
use with your sub-domains. For example, if you configured
support.yourdomain.com, then you'll be able to use the address
tom@support.yourdomain.com.
For the time being, please configure email address's that
correspond to your standard "top-level" domain,
and just ignore the sub-domain duplicates. ALSO:
Any duplicate sub-domain email address's you see appearing
in your pop mail setup configuration "DO NOT" count
towards your allocated number of pop mail boxes we've provided.
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