How to Create a Sub-domain from your cPanel Account?

 Assuming you have an HTS web hosting account.

You can create a sub-domain, separately from your main domain, using the sub-domain function in your cPanel account.

However, you can access our previous blog “How to Login to Your cPanel Account via HTS Portal” from the knowledge base directory of our official website www.htshosting.org

Before we get into the step-by-step instructions, let’s take a quick look at sub-domains.

A sub-domain is a name that is associated with your primary domain.

For instance, if your website has a forum or a blog, you can create a sub-domain called “forum,” or “blog” with the address “forum.example.com," or “blog.example.com”

Here, example.com is the primary domain.

This implies that you need to have a primary domain to create a sub-domain.

So, if you haven’t purchased it yet, you can purchase your domain from https://www.htshosting.org/register-domain

In addition, we have already created an article on “How to Purchase Domain from HTS Hosting” for our prestigious clients.

All you have to do is go to the “knowledge base” directory on our official website and have access to the article.

Sub-domains are frequently used to represent a different section of a website, or even a completely different website.

They are commonly used for mobile version of websites, forums, blogs, and stores.

As we have understood, what a sub-domain is, let’s now learn how to create a sub-domain in your cPanel account.

How to create a sub-domain using a cPanel account?

1. Login to your cPanel account

2. Scroll down to the domain section of the cPanel account and click on the “Subdomain” icon

3. In the Sub-domain field, enter the following details such as:

• The name of your sub-domain

• Select the domain name for which you want to create a sub-domain. So if you have more than one domain in your cPanel account, you can select the domain name for which you want to create a subdomain from the drop-down menu.

• Enter the document root directory for the sub-domain.

Note: Document root is the directory in which your sub-domain files are stored.

4. After entering the details, click on Create.

5. After clicking on create, your sub-domain will be created successfully.

It is necessary to note down that it normally takes 24 hours for a sub-domain to propagate, i.e. show up on the web.

Conclusion:

Creating a sub-domain from your cPanel account is a simple process, especially when HTS is your hosting partner who believes in providing excellent services in a straightforward manner.

Source: https://www.htshosting.org/knowledge-base/domain-hosting/230/how-to-create-a-sub-domain-from-your-cpanel-account