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Questions tagged [subdomain]

Subdomain is a domain which is a part of a larger domain. For example, 'sub.example.com' is subdomain of 'example.com' domain.

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Subdomain with dot?

I'm not even sure how to search for an answer to this question, so my apologies if already asked. We have a subdomain setup on the server in the format eg.example.com. Some people are typing in www.eg.example.com. Is there a way of handling the…
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How do I prevent subdomain finders finding subdomains on my server?

How do I prevent the following website and similar tools finding subdomains of domains in my server? https://pentest-tools.com/reconnaissance/find-subdomains-of-domain
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Maximum number of sub-domains?

If I own a domain (www.mydomain.com), what are the theoretical and practical limits on the number of sub-domains I can create (eg meta.mydomain.com, beta.mydomain.com)?
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Domain mapping / aliassing to subdomain

We have a VPS (cpanel/whm) for hosting several website, each site is created in subdomain one.domain.com, two.domain.com, three.domain.com, etc. now we want to have unique domain for every subdomain www.web-one.com -> one.domain.com,…
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Are this subdomain CNAME and A record settings correct?

I want to add a simple subdomain named "tr.acme.com" to my website. I tried following DNS record settings: No matter what i try, i can't get this subdomain working. Would someone please correct me how to set this subdomain?
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Incoming Cname does not show the subdomain

I have a subdomain: sub.domain-one.com which has a CNAME which points to sub.domain-two.com. All good. But when I enter sub.domain-one.com I don't see the sub.domain-two.com, but the basic page of the server. What am I doing wrong?
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Should sub-domain be preferred short or long?

I want to make a sub-domain but I am not sure if having a shorter sub-domain will benefit in SEO or longer sub-domain will? For example - components-of-computer.blog.com or comp.blog.com
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how can we avoid showing content of subdomain

I have create a sub domain like images.domain.com. accessing it via browser it is listing the content at sub domain. like Index of / content1/ content2/ content3/ I dont want to show the content of sub domain. How to achieve this?
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Google webmaster, I set a preferred domain as www but my subdomain is non www

In Google webmaster, I set a preferred domain as www but my subdomain is non www. Will these cause any negative effect?
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How to force user to use subdomain?

Possible Duplicate: How do I prevent access to an add-on domain's root directory from main hosting domain name I am hosting a webshop with OpenCart and its current URL is e.g. http://mydomain.com/shop/ I have created two subdomains (…
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How to make SubDirectories?

I have my server on WAMP, and domain under domain.com. How do you make sub directories on your website? (as in website.com/subdirectory) All i could get is the ugly (ipaddress)/(random folder)/asdf.html. I am new to website coding so explain it…
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How can I alias domains to subdomains?

I have a main site with a bunch of subdomains created. Each subdomain is a blog and I want each blog to have its own domain name i.e. thisguy.com -> blog1.mainsite.com thatguy.com -> blog2.mainsite.com I bought the new domains and I set up the CNAME…
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What is the purpose of ww1 prefixes on some domains

Occasionally I see some websites with ww1 prefix/subdomain instead of www. Is there a designated use for subdomains such as ww1 and ww2?
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Set up Sub Domain

I bought my domain name from 123-reg and can control the DNS, Name server, forwarding etc there, I have now purchased my hosting from webfaction. I see in 123-reg there is a section to create a sub domain but after creation this just gives me the…
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