Parked Domains, Sub Domains, Add-on Domains… What are they?
One of the most common question I get is what is the difference between parked, sub and add-on domains. I will try my best to explain it below:
Parked Domains
In your control panel you will find an option called "Park Domains". This will allow you "Park" your domain so that it will redirect to your website(your primary domain). You may add as many as you like. For example, I have www.canadianwebhosting.com as my main site. I have another domain name called canadianwebhosting.cxm. When this is parked, anyone that types www.canadianwebhosting.cxm , they will be redirected to www.canadianwebhosting.com.
Add-on Domains
If you are looking to share your web hosting account with another website, this is what you are looking for. Unlike a parked domain, when you type in the add-on domain, it will be directed to its own website. The files will be stored under a folder name that you specify in the public_html folder. This is a great way to save money and host multiple websites under 1 account.
Sub Domains
Sub domains are the first part of a website address. In the case of www.canadianwebhosting.com, www is the sub domain portion. You can name it anything you like and they will have its own website folder like add-on domains. Here are a few examples of a sub domain based on canadianwebhosting.com:
- secure.canadianwebhosting.com
- blog.canadianwebhosting.com
- forums.canadianwebhosting.com
Kevin Liang
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Canadian Web Hosting
http://www.canadianwebhosting.com/
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March 6th, 2010
What is the advantage of a sub domain? What would be the difference between http://www.secure.canadianwebhosting.com and http://www.canadianwebhosting/secure?
March 8th, 2010
Sometimes, it is to split different sections of your site without using a new domain name. On our site, we use it to split our blog and forums from the main site. We use blogs.canadianwebhosting.com and forums.canadianwebhosting.com
March 18th, 2010
Difference by using a sub domain is that sub domains are actually a different site and you can have it setup as such. So for example for secure.canadianwebhosting.com you can put it on another server for more security and http://www.canadianwebhosting.com you could put it on a server that doesn’t need as much security for public serving.
If you used a sub directory, you will not be able to do this.