with all of the forums and directories that i have used i have always placed them at the end of my domain name as a brach. for instance www.blahblahblah.com/forum or /directory. i want to go for something more business professional and big sites have it like www.dir.blahblahblah.com or www.forum.blahblahblah.ccom how is this done?

thanks
syphris

Using "subdomains". How to create one depends on the server environment and if you have a control panel or not. Tell us your hosting environment, and we can provide a bit more help.

oh i get it. lol how stupid of me. im using 1and1 hosting and they supply me with several subdomains of my choosing. ill get on that.