A subdomain is part of a web address that's under the main domain name, such as name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every single subdomain could have its own website and records and can also be hosted through a different company if you want to use a feature that is not provided by your current provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a company site as well as an online store under a subdomain where customers can acquire your products. Additionally, you can have a forum where they can discuss the products and by using subdomains as opposed to subfolders you are going to avoid any risk of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your sites separated is less risky in the case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Cloud Hosting
If you purchase a cloud hosting plan from us, you'll be able to create subdomains easily using your Hepsia hosting CP. We've decided not to restrict their number, so even when you host just one domain name in the account, you're going to be able to create as many subdomains as you want and have a different site for every single one. During the creation of a subdomain, you are able to choose the folder within the account that it's going to open, create customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions and error logs, choose a server shared IP address or a dedicated one if you have such, and a lot more. All hosted domains and the subdomains that you create for them will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order in one place and you will be able to access a lot of functions for each one of them through right-click context menus - records, files, etc.