A subdomain is a part of a web address that's under the main domain, such as name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every subdomain could have its own web site and records and can even be hosted through a different company if you want to use a specific feature that isn't offered by your current service provider. A good example for using a subdomain is if you have a business website along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can buy your products. In addition, you can have a forum where they can comment on the products and by using subdomains as an alternative to subfolders you'll avoid any risk of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping the sites separated is more secure in case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Cloud Hosting
When you obtain a cloud hosting plan from us, you are going to be able to create subdomains with ease through your Hepsia website hosting CP. We've decided not to limit their number, so even when you host only 1 domain in the account, you'll be able to create as many subdomains as you wish and have a different site for each and every one. During the creation of a subdomain, you can choose the folder in the account that it'll open, create customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions and error logs, select a server shared IP address or a dedicated one if you have such, and more. All hosted domains and the subdomains you create for them will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order in one location and you are going to be able to gain access to numerous functions for every one of them through right-click context menus - records, files, etc.