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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUB-DOMAIN, PARKED DOMAIN AND AN ADD-ON DOMAIN?

We get asked this question all the time. The answer is actually pretty straightforward: Sub domain Lets say your domain is mysite.com. You install a Message Board and put in in a directory called mysite.com/board/. You can turn the directory board into a sub-domain by adding it as a sub-domain from your Control Panel. Now you can access your Message board as either  mysite.com/board OR board.mysite.com This costs you nothing and is free. Parked Domain You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com. mysite.com is the domain of your website and you want to add my-other-site.com. You want them both to go to the same place. In other words, when someone types either www.mysite.com or www.my-other-site.com they will go to the same page(s) on your website. In order to have additional parked domains you need to purchase the additional domain(s). Register Parked domains here. Add-On Domains You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com. You want the two domains to be totally separate/independent websites. In order to have additional parked domains you need to purchase the additional domain(s). Register Add-on domains here.

OK SO WHAT MUST I DO TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN?

Procedure - Parked and Add-On Domains (THE ORDER IS IMPORTANT) Register the domain. (If you do not have an account here, you need to create a new account -- bottom of page. This is not the same as your webnet77 account -- you will receive a new username and password from the registry. Keep it safe).   Make sure the Name Servers at the Registrar point to our DNS. - We have several different ones so check in your original welcome email (near the top) for the DNS that applies to your Website. If the DNS at the registrar needs to be changed Check here for how to do that.   Add the domain only once from your Control Panel as either a Parked or Add-On Domain by locating the Add-on or parked domains link in your control panel. (Trying to add it more than once will cause it not to work at all and may cost you money for a technician to repair). TIP: if you add a domain as a parked domain (or as an add-on) and change your mind and want to change it to an add-on/parked domain, simply login to your Control Panel and then locate whichever if add-on or parked domains it currently is and delete it. Once the domain has been deleted, you can safely add it back as the "other" one.   TIP: When you add an add-on domain, use the domain name as the folder name. This will be the folder it creates on the server for the "root" directory for this domain. Having it the same as the domain name makes it easy to identify if you have many folders.   TIP: To FTP directly to your new add-on domain, the   FTP username: the_username_you_just_created@the_domain_you_just_created.com Password: the password you entered. Server: the_domain_you_just_created.com   IMPORTANT: When adding add-on domains use a decent password. Procedure - SUB-DOMAINS You can add a sub-domain whenever you like and there is nothing you need to register at the registry.   Add the sub-domain(s) only once from your Control Panel. (Trying to add it more than once will cause it not to work at all and may cost you money for a technician to repair).

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Beginners Guide, Web Tips, Help, FTP Pictorial, META TAGS, Copyright, Spam Mail, Security, Cpanel, Ensim Pro, Using Word