Subdomains¶

A subdomain is a website of its own below one of your domains — for example blog.your-domain.com or shop.your-domain.com. It gets its own directory and can run a different PHP version from the main site.

Overview¶

Property	Meaning
Name	The part in front of your domain, e.g. `blog`
Full name	Follows from it, e.g. `blog.your-domain.com`
Document root	Its own directory, separate from the main website
PHP version	Freely selectable, independent of the main website
Status	Active or disabled

Creating a subdomain¶

Navigate to Subdomains
Choose Add
Select the domain the subdomain should sit under
Enter the name — only the front part, so blog rather than blog.your-domain.com
Choose the PHP version

The directory is created automatically. Upload your files afterwards through the File Manager or via FTP.

Quota

How many subdomains you may create depends on your package. Current usage is shown on the Dashboard.

DNS record¶

For the subdomain to be reachable, its name has to point at the server.

If your domain is managed here, this happens automatically — nothing to do.

If your domain is with another provider, create an A record there pointing at the same IP address as your main domain. You can look that address up under Domains.

SSL certificate¶

Subdomains get a certificate of their own. It is issued as soon as the name resolves to the server — see SSL Certificates.

DNS first, then the certificate

As long as the subdomain does not resolve to the server, no certificate can be issued. Create the DNS record first.

Disabling or deleting a subdomain¶

Disabling takes the subdomain offline but keeps its directory and files. Useful when a site should be temporarily unreachable.

Deleting removes the subdomain along with its directory and everything in it.

Deleting removes the files too

Back up anything you want to keep first — see Backups.