{"id":2042,"date":"2021-06-10T15:26:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:59:27","slug":"how-to-create-a-site-on-a-subdomain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-create-a-site-on-a-subdomain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Site on a Subdomain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><b> subdomain is an additional URL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that stems from your primary domain name. For example, blog.yourdomain.com is a subdomain of www.yourdomain.com. To create a website on a subdomain, you need to assign a subdomain in your web hosting control panel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image mpg-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1490\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/spanel_subdomain.jpg\" alt=\"How to Create a Site on a Subdomain\" class=\"wp-image-2043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/spanel_subdomain.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/spanel_subdomain-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/spanel_subdomain-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/spanel_subdomain-768x377.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Step 1.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Log in to your web hosting control panel and click on the \u201cSubdomains\u201d option.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Step 2.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Type in the name of your subdomain and select the primary domain to which you want to attach it.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Step 3.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Specify the root folder for the subdomain and click \u201cCreate Subdomain.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subdomains can each<\/span><b> have unique content <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and even a separate web application driving it. For example, you may create a static website on your primary domain and have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/fastest-wordpress-hosting.html\"><b>WordPress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> running on your subdomain.To create a website on the subdomain, you must place its files in<\/span><b> the correct location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This location is the one specified during the creation of the subdomain. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"youtube-player\" id=\"qwGE9xz5eb8\">How To Point a Domain Name To a Web Hosting Provider<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\r\n    {\r\n        \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\r\n        \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\r\n        \"name\": \"How To Point a Domain Name To a Web Hosting Provider\",\r\n        \"description\": \"You can actually buy web hosting and domain name from different providers and just link these two things together. In this video we'll show you exactly how.\",\r\n        \"thumbnailUrl\": [\r\n            \"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/qwGE9xz5eb8\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\r\n        ],\r\n        \"uploadDate\": \"2022-04-12\",\r\n        \"duration\": \"PT3M45S\",\r\n        \"embedUrl\": \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qwGE9xz5eb8\"\r\n    }\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/whois.html?utm_source=scalahosting-internal-link&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=whois-referral&amp;utm_id=whois-referral\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/whois_banner_horizontal.png\" alt=\"How to Create a Site on a Subdomain\" class=\"wp-image-4915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/whois_banner_horizontal.png 600w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/whois_banner_horizontal-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subdomain is an additional URL that stems from your primary domain name. 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