A subdomain is a web address, which is under a main, or a root domain. One example is something.domain.com, in which domain.com is the main domain, while "something" is the subdomain below it. Each subdomain can have its own website and records i.e. aside from using the domain name as a part of the whole web address, a subdomain can be totally independent and even hosted by a different provider. Using a subdomain can be extremely practical if you want to have different web sites that are related in some way. As an example, you could have a web-based store under the main domain as well as a forum under a subdomain so as to offer means for your customers to ask questions and share views concerning your products. The advantage of employing a subdomain instead of a subfolder is that the web sites are going to be separated, so you can update one of them or perform maintenance not affecting the other.
Subdomains in Shared Website Hosting
Each shared website hosting package which we provide will enable you to create many subdomains with no more than a few mouse clicks within your hosting Control Panel. They'll all be listed in the section in which you create them and arranged under the main domain for more convenience, so that you're able to easily monitor them all. Furthermore, you can access many functions for any one of the subdomains via right-click context menus - as an example, you can view or edit their DNS records, access the site files, and much more. While creating a new subdomain, you are also going to have a number of options that you can pick from - determine the default access folder, set custom error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions or pick if the subdomain is going to use a shared or a dedicated IP address. The number of subdomains you will have is totally up to you since we have not limited this feature for any of our plans.