STEPPA
05-21-2003, 03:40 PM
I'm a newbie looking into hosting options and I see subdomains thrown around a lot...what exactly does that mean?
 | View Full Version : What do people mean when they say subdomain? okihost 05-21-2003, 03:42 PM Subdomains help you organize different areas of your site and are usually setup as subdomain.yourdomain.com. Say you had a forums for your site you could setup forums.yourdomain.com. Hope this helps. blue27 05-21-2003, 03:43 PM A sub domain is an addon to your main domain. For instance you have http://www.yourdomain.com a sub domain would be http://username.yourdomain.com or http://secure.yourdomain.com etc. STEPPA 05-21-2003, 03:45 PM Oki, yes that helps...I thought it was that and felt stupid asking...but hey that's how we all learn. I was actually checking out your company yesterday...You have pretty reasonable prices, but I couldn't find a "learn more" portion to your website to learn more about the features you offer and whatnot. Would you mind PM'ing me so I can ask some more questions? idologicJeff 05-21-2003, 03:54 PM Originally posted by STEPPA Oki, yes that helps...I thought it was that and felt stupid asking...but hey that's how we all learn. Would you mind PM'ing me so I can ask some more questions? No question is a stupid question, but for the one you don't ask. bitserve 05-21-2003, 04:04 PM See this thread regarding what a subdomain actually is. As opposed to how it's commonly used on wht: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25222 Sheps 05-21-2003, 04:15 PM Originally posted by STEPPA Oki, yes that helps...I thought it was that and felt stupid asking...but hey that's how we all learn. I was actually checking out your company yesterday...You have pretty reasonable prices, but I couldn't find a "learn more" portion to your website to learn more about the features you offer and whatnot. Would you mind PM'ing me so I can ask some more questions? There are no stupid questions here. Only stupid answers... :D webworkz 05-26-2003, 08:04 PM We use "sub-domain" on our web site, because it is the most common terminology for 3rd-level domain. I guess you have to look at it the same way most people refer to a "hacker", which is actually not a hacker at all. Spingen 05-26-2003, 09:09 PM subdomain is just another level. sub.domain.com - sub is a subdomain of domain.com. domain.com - domain is a subdomain of com. bitserve 05-26-2003, 10:34 PM Exactly, it is a third level domain, or sub domain. It's not a hostname. It seems most people on WHT use it to mean additional hostnames under their domain name. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25222 |