Creating and Forwarding a Subdomain
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October 1, 2008 11:31 AM
A subdomain is the part of a domain that is appended to the beginning of the domain name, like a prefix. For example, if your domain is "coolexample.com," you can add a subdomain to the front of it to make "one.coolexample.com." As with a regular domain, you can forward a subdomain to another URL. Subdomains can be up to 25 characters.
To Create and Forward a Subdomain
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
- Click the domain for which you want to create a subdomain.
- In the Subdomains section, click add.
- In the Subdomain field, enter subdomain you want to use. Do not enter the domain name in the field.
- In the Forward to field, enter the URL to which you want to forward your subdomain (for example, http://www.coolexample.com).
- In the Redirect type area, select one of the following:
- 301 Moved Permanently
- Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a "301 Moved Permanently" HTTP response. The HTTP 301 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has permanently moved.
- 302 Moved Temporarily
- Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a "302 Found" HTTP response. The HTTP 302 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has temporarily moved.
- Click OK.
