What Are Domains?

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Libby White | Updated: November 24, 2017
Category: Getting Started | Tags: dns, domain, registrar, subdomain

Domains create your address on the internet. When you own a domain, you can tell people to go to the URL mysite.com and they will see whatever content you’ve associated with that domain. Every domain name is matched to an IP address and follows the Domain Name System (DNS).

Without a domain, every website would only be identified by the IP address. Imagine that instead of typing liquidweb.com into your web browser, you had to remember 67.43.15.214, Liquid Web’s IP address. Now imagine remembering strings of numbers for every website you ever want to visit! Continue reading “What Are Domains?” →

What is a FQDN?

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Dan Pock | Updated: November 20, 2017
Category: Other, Technical Support | Tags: dns, domain, subdomain

What is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)?

When working with domains and DNS management understanding what a FQDN is can be very helpful. This article will help explain the concept of a FQDN and a domains different components.

The Parts of a Domain

A domain is made up of a two essential parts, the Top-Level Domain (TLD) and the main Domain Name which is what you register. The other component of domain names are the subdomains. Continue reading “What is a FQDN?” →

How To Create a Subdomain in cPanel

Posted on May 6, 2016 by dpepper | Updated: November 28, 2016
Category: Tutorials | Tags: cpanel, paper lantern, subdomain

cPanel Tutorial: Paper Lantern Walkthrough

I. How To Log In To cPanel
II. How To Create an Email Account in cPanel
III. How To Set Your Default Address in cPanel
IV. How To Set up an Autoresponder in cPanel
V. How To Set up Email Forwarding in cPanel
VI. How To Set up Email Filters in cPanel
VII. How To Enable Spam Protection in cPanel
VIII. How To Add an MX Entry in cPanel
IX. How To Use Webmail from Within cPanel
X. How To Change Your cPanel Password
XI. How To Update Your Contact Information in cPanel
XII. How To Change Your cPanel Theme
XIII. How To Change the Primary Language in cPanel
XIV. How To Add a Record With the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel
XV. How To Back up Your Website in cPanel
XVI. How To Use the Disk Space Usage Tool in cPanel
XVII. How To Create Additional FTP Accounts in cPanel
XVIII. How To Password Protect a Directory in cPanel
XIX. How To Use the IP Blocker in cPanel
XX. How To Set up Hotlink Protection in cPanel
XXI. How To Create a Subdomain in cPanel
XXII. How To Create an Addon Domain in cPanel
XXIII. How To Create a Domain Alias in cPanel
XXIV. How To Set up Domain Redirects in cPanel
XXV. How To Create a MySQL Database in cPanel
XXVI. How To Use the Index Manager in cPanel
XXVII. How To Create Custom Error Pages in cPanel
XXVIII. How To Set up a Cron Job in cPanel

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.
Now let’s learn how to create a subdomain.
Click the "Subdomains" icon.
Enter the prefix of your new subdomain.
Make sure the domain name your subdomain will be associated with is selected. A directory name the same as your subdomain prefix will automatically appear… although you can change this if you want.
Click the "Create" button.
That’s it! A new subdomain has been created.
A new folder called "clients" has also been created, which is where you would upload files for this subdomain.