First whatever.mydomain.com is a subdomain. whatever being the sub of mydomain.com. subdomain.com would be another doamin all together.
Second most hosts will charge you for additional domains even if they share the same server HD space (ex: mydomain/mysubdomain ). The reason is the ISP must maintain additional DNS (domain name service) records (an addition file to maintain in most cases) for the addition domains. Sub-domains are just added to the "main" domain as addition lines in the "main" DNS record. Bottom line is if you want addition domains pointed to the same server space you will have to pay for it. -John- At 06:12 PM 9/20/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Sorry for the OT, but I don't do many, so I've got some left in my quota I'm >sure ;-) > >I'm just getting conflicting messages from my host about whether they do >sub-folder hosting or not, i.e. having subdomain.com pointing to >maindomain.com/subdomain/ (and not having a simple redirect, i.e. >subdomain.com stays in the browser address bar when you go to the site). I >was told earlier this week by someone there that they do this, now I've been >told by someone else there that they don't. > >Maybe one of the two people misunderstood (the second one is, I believe, a >little less than a guru, shall we say ;-). But, leaving aside the fact that >your host should know what they're talking about 24/7, especially with such >simple matters - is there any reason why a host *couldn't* do sub-folder >hosting as described above? Is it merely a case of *wouldn't* due to maybe >raking in a little more from forcing everyone to have separate accounts >their domains? > >The second adviser mentioned above just said they can do "sub-domain >hosting", i.e. subdomain.maindomain.com. Now, (1) I always thought this was >just a "machine name" - is sub-domain the common term for it?, and (2) this >is no good if you've bought subdomain.com and want to use it! > >I've got to wait until next week to sort this out with my host, but I want >some ammo for potential arguments, i.e. if they say they don't do it, I'd >like to be able to ask "why?" and know whether they're bulls***ting or not - >and also to be able to say, "Surely all you have to do is xyz to set it up?" > >To save me OT'ing more on this sort of thing ;-) - anyone know of a good >website resource explaining these behind-the-scenes hosting/domain things. >Something not too technical, but more practical than sales pitch? I'm pretty >good at CF, but I'm no webmaster yet! > >TIA, > >- Gyrus > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >work: http://www.tengai.co.uk >play: http://www.norlonto.net >- PGP key available >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
