A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain, such as name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Each subdomain can have its own web site and records and can also be hosted through a different company if you need to use a specific feature that's not provided by your current service provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a business site along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can buy your products. Additionally, you can have a forum in which they can talk about the products and by employing subdomains as an alternative to subfolders you'll avoid any risk of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your websites separated is also more secure in case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Cloud Hosting
If you purchase a cloud hosting plan through us, you are going to be able to create subdomains effortlessly via your Hepsia hosting CP. We have decided not to limit their number, so even if you host just one domain in the account, you'll be able to create as many subdomains as you wish and have a different site for every single one of them. During the creation of a subdomain, you'll be able to choose the folder inside the account that it's going to open, set up custom 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 that you create for them are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order in one spot and you will be able to gain access to a lot of functions for each one of them through right-click context menus - records, files, etc.