A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain name, such as name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every single subdomain could have its own website and records and can also be hosted using a different provider if you need to use some feature which is not provided by your current service provider. An illustration for using a subdomain is if you have a company website along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can acquire your products. In addition, you can have a forum in which they can discuss the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you are going to avoid any probability of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your websites separated is less risky in the case of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated hosting plans don't have a limit for the amount of subdomains you can create. Adding a new subdomain inside the account takes only a couple of clicks in the Hepsia web hosting CP and in the process you can pick the folder the subdomain will access if it is going to be different from the default one, create custom-made error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions if you need them or create a dedicated IP address rather than the shared server one if you have added such an upgrade to your semi-dedicated account. Once the subdomain is set up, you will be able to access logs and visitor stats or you can quickly jump to the site files for it in the File Manager area through quick access buttons. All subdomains that you have within the account are going to be conveniently listed under their root domain, so you are going to be able to find and manage any of them effortlessly.