A subdomain is a part of a web address that's under the main domain, for example name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every subdomain can have its own website and records and can even be hosted with a different company if you wish to use a specific feature that isn't offered by your current provider. One example for using a subdomain is if you have a company site and an online store under a subdomain where clients can acquire your products. Additionally, you can have a forum where they can comment on the products and by using subdomains as an alternative to subfolders you will avoid any chance of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your websites separated is also more secure in the case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Shared Hosting
Our shared hosting packages will allow you to create hundreds of subdomains for every domain hosted within your account without any problem. As long as the main domain name is added, it requires 2 clicks to set up a subdomain and pick what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), set custom error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, plus much more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for quick access and administration. By right-clicking on any 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 limit for the total amount of subdomains that you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you wish.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With our semi-dedicated server plans, you are going to be able to create an unlimited amount of subdomains for any one of the domains which you add as hosted in the account. It requires a couple of clicks to set up a new subdomain and during the process you will be able to add custom error pages for it, select if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP, change the default folder that it's going to access or activate FrontPage Extensions. All subdomains you have in the account are going to be arranged under their root domain from a to z and you're going to be able to see and handle all of them without difficulty. Via quick access buttons and right-click menus you'll also be able to jump to the site files inside the File Manager section or view logs, visitor stats and other info about any one of your subdomains.