How To Create A Subdomain

Introduction

Subdomains: Your Website’s Versatile Extensions A subdomain is like a separate room within your website’s house. It allows you to create distinct sections while maintaining a connection to your main domain. Let’s explore how to create a subdomain in cPanel.

Understanding Subdomains: A subdomain is a prefix added before your main domain name, separated by a period. For example, blog.example.com is a subdomain of example.com. Subdomains can serve various purposes, such as hosting blogs, online stores, or specific projects.

Getting Started

You will need to log into cPanel. You can access cPanel by clicking the “Log in to cPanel” button located on the homepage of your Smart Start Host Client Area.



Once you are logged in you will want to click on “Domains”



 

Creating A New Subdomain

  From the domains screen you will want to click “Create A New Domain”





On this screen you will configure your new subdomain. Start by entering what you would like it to ne named. You will want to make sure that the “Share document root” box is un checked if you intend to serve unique content. This is recommended. Once finished click “Submit”. If there are no errors you will receive a popup confirmation that the subdomain has been created.