Add on domain

[lovelylovely]

whats is addon domain

is it if my host allow me to addon domains
i enter the info and when someone type www.xxx.com he will be pointed to that directory where i kept its files

like xxx.mydomain.com is that rigth and will it show the www.xxx.com or xxx.mydomain.com in address bar


if thats the case whats the difference in addon domain and subdomain

 

[Mayur]

That is exactly what it is.

Addon is a domain where you add on and it will use a directory or create one. All files in that directory will become www.xxx.com/images or www.xxx.com/index.html.

Parked is a domain where you add on but it uses the same main directory.

 

[maxxwebb]

An "add on" domain usually means that you can ADD another domain to the SAME account and SPLIT the resource allotment etc.

So, under one account/one monthly fee, you can have "several" different domains.

SUB-DOMAIN = subdomain.maindomain.com

 

[lovelylovely]

so addon domain is basically same as subdomain
but in addon domain user type www.xxx.com and goes to xxx.yyy(where domain added).com and in subdomina its directly by typing the subdomain.yyy.com


and is there a way to keep that www.xxx.com in the address bar(if i am right its called masking) how we do that

 

[Mystic]

it works the same as a parked

so if you have

subdomain.domain.com/blah/blah.html

they go to addondomain.com/blah/blah.html

it works like any other domain you add to an account, except you keep it in a different folder, so no need to keep it in the address bar, it will do that anyway

 

[lovelylovely]

no!!! i mean to ask guys
the user type www.xxx.com ok and gets forwarded to the place where the domain is added on right here xxx.yyy.com ok

now then will the url in address bar changes after the page at xxx.yyy.com opens
or it still remains www.xxx.com and remains this way ever user navigate site
dont wonna show users its added on at some place

hope i make it clear this time

 

[Mystic]

it acts like a normal domain

so if the addon domain is xxx.com

it works like xxx.com/blah

thats the domain, it dont redirect to subdomain or anything, like:

http://underworld-inc.com

that is an addon domain, it is really in /underworld , you wouldnt know, thats what the addon does

 

[lovelylovely]

this http://underworld-inc.com is the addon domain on ur main account of hosting
if thats it i got it

 

[Dave_Z]

While we're on the subject of add-ons, I'd like to ask a question or so.

I recently added my newly registered domain from here to my hosting account
which has my primary domain. My primary domain has its own index page, so
how can I get my add-on domain to have its own index page instead of the
add-on redirecting to my primary?

 

[Grrilla]

Wow. Just the subject I've been exploring. I think my question applies here.
In cPanel, the Ad On domain feature reads to me that it is used to add "pointer" domains, ie forwarding/redirect to another url. I have been told that Ad On domains is where you add new domains for all stand alone websites (not redirects or pointers). Anyone help clear this up for me?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

AddOn domains = rule.
Lots of confusion in this thread, and I am not the best writer, so here we go:

For an addon domain, your first step is to set the nameservers on the domain you want to add to your hosting account to the same as your "primary" domain (The one associated with the hosting account.)

For me, that is preesh.com .

Then, you go to the cPanel and choose "addon domain". If my addon domain is 411.cc (Which it is, so you can follow along) , then for addon domain I enter: "411.cc" . For the subdirectory/name, I will enter: "411" and for the password choose whatever you want.

This will do 3 things. First, a subdomain is added to preesh.com . So, you can see that http://411.preesh.com works. It also adds a directory on your main domain, see http://www.preesh.com/411/ . As well, if your domain's nameservers are now updated, 411.cc will resolve as a standalone website at http://www.411.cc (Which it does).

To update http://www.411.cc now, I login to FTP/whatever and get to my main directory which for me would be publichtml/preesh , once there, find the "/411" folder and that is where everything for my domain is.

I have 150 addon domains hosted with one service right now that each one resolves on its own without forwarding/framing/masking. This increases SE results, as well as giving a lot more of a "personal" touch to each domain.

So, it is NOT forwarding or parking, it is like having a brand new hosting account for each domain name, but you just don't get new resources, you share bandwidth and disk space with your original domain.

Does that make sense?

-Allan

 

[Eric]

Makes sense to me Allan.

 

[Mystic]

and yes, underworld-inc.com is an addon domain, i dont even own the main domain anymore, an addon domain acts like a normal domain

 

[IAmAllanShore]

and yes, underworld-inc.com is an addon domain, i dont even own the main domain anymore, an addon domain acts like a normal domain

Yup!
Even many thousands of pages still work just like a real domain, not simply 1 page sites like my 411.cc example (See http://www.publicdock.com or http://www.invadecanada.us )
-Allan

 

[Mystic]

namepros could even be an addon domain, there is no way to tell

 

[Grrilla]

Ahh!!
So there is more than one way to skin a cat. (xcuse me catlovers)
I also heard that WHM>Acct Functions>Add Acct is the normal procedure. What is the primary way people usually upload sites to dedicated servers??

Hey Allan- kickass explanation. Been looking for that info explained in concise manner. Tx

 

[Dave_Z]

Thanks also for the explanation, Allan! Now it's time to put what you just said
into action!

 

[Grrilla]

For the subdirectory/name, I will enter: "411" and for the password choose whatever you want.

Allan- one clarification.
My AddOn Domain Maintenance shows:

Username/directory/subdomain Name:__________

Could you use [example]/[example]/[example] Name:___________ to show this step?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

We must be using different cPanel setups (And I've never seen one that has that exact setup in it as far as I can remember).
The one "tip" might be that the username will be different than your main "username" for the cPanel, it's the username you want to be used for access to that subdomain/addon domain (It automatically has its own ftp account so as to give access to that specific directory only).

For example, for 411.cc, my setup would be:
Username/directory/subdomain Name:__________
[411]/[411]/[411.preesh.com] Name:411.cc
So my login is 411
The directory on preesh.com is preesh.com/411
The subdomain is 411.preesh.com
And the name is 411.cc (I always set the name as the actual domain name, don't know if that is important or not)

I am using cPanel"X" however, so I can't swear that it's 100% the same.

Best of luck!
-Allan

 

[grindlay]

Addon domain nameserver issue

Hi there, new to the forum.
I'm using Cpanel 10.2
The domain I'm trying to add is lunaria.info (add to lunaria.co.uk)
Both are registered and pointing to my nameservers (vps.serverinote.com)
Here is my setup info
When I try to create an addon domain I get an error:
"Sorry, cannot determine nameserver IPs. Please make sure that the domain is registered with a valid domain registrar"
Tried restarting DNS, DNS cleanup etc, but still not working.
Any ideas?
Thanks.