Create a subdomain

A subdomain is a great way to create a sub section or off shoot of your primary website. Subdomains are similar to regular domain names except they use your main domain name as a prefix. For example, if your domain is domain.tld a sub-domain of your domain might be shop .domain.tld or store.domain.tld .

Depending on what hosting plan your website uses, as well as where you plan to host your subdomain, the steps to create the subdomain may differ.

Create a subdomain to be hosted elsewhere

If you plan to host your subdomain on a different server to where your primary website is hosted, you simply need to create the appropriate A or CNAME record within your domains zone file. This record will point to the the server where you plan to host the subdomain and no changes to your current website hosting will be required.

Managing Zones in Zone Manager
Managing Zones in cPanel

Create a subdomain on cPanel Hosting

Follow the instructions below to create a subdomain on cPanel Hosting.

1. Log into your Account
2. Find the cPanel in question and log in
3. Click the subdomains icon
4. Type in the name of your subdomain in the Subdomain field
5. Modify the Document Root field as required
   The document root is the directory on the server that you wish to point your subdomain to
6. Click [Create]