SubDomains - Which folder to use as root?

[daviddelmonte]

Hi all. Forgive if this has been covered.

I have a site that I'm splitting into pieces, each piece will be a subdomain.

I want to have sub.domain.com, not domain.com/sub.

Which folder do I publish my subdomain files?

public_html > sub gives me domain.com/sub.

Should I publish in /

Many thanks and happy new year in twentyTen.

David

[farcaster]

If you created the subdomain in cPanel, then it will work both ways.

http://domain.com/sub
or
http://sub.domain.com

And files/folders for sub.domain.com get put in public_html/sub

[felgall]

Except if you specified a different folder name when setting up the sub-domain.

If you created http://sub.example.com and specified that it should use the xyz folder then the content for that sub-domain goes in public_html/xyz

[daviddelmonte]

That is exactly what I did.

subDomain/folder.

Actually public_html/folder.

Should I simply use public_html or / ?

Thanks a ton for the quick replies!!

David

[farcaster]

From the top:

public_html/index.html (and other files and folders) will display as http://www.domain.com

Now say you want a subdomain called myblog

In cPanel create the subdomain, and when it asks, tell it the location and name. This would be public_html/myblog - in fact, it will get filled in for you. If you have already created the folder, no problem. Just continue.

Now, place your stuff for that subdomain as follows:
public_html/subdomain/index.html (or index.php, and all associated files and folders there).

You can access that two ways:
1. http://myblog.domain.com (probably the preferred way)
2. http://www.domain.com/myblog

[daviddelmonte]

OK.. But what is the difference then between a sub-domain, and a sub-folder?

Sorry to be a PITA...

David

[farcaster]

Nothing, until you set up the subfolder as a subdomain.

Otherwise, it contains data that is used by the web site - or at least should.

Go visit the cPanel and check out the subdomain icon.

[daviddelmonte]

OK. Getting it... Slowly but slowly...

Thanks again Barry.

David

[farcaster]

Actually when you declare a subdomain, the server engine is now able to let you use the http://myblog.domain.com method of calling it up in the browser.

It may take a few minutes for this to happen, so patience is the keyword there.

Otherwise, say your main site had a photo album called photos. That setup would look like:

public_html/photos

and accessed by http://www.domain.com/photos but NOT http://photos.domain.com since photos is not a subdomain.

[michaelx]

Hi all. Sorry to bring up this topic again but I'm the exact same place the OP is/was.
I have a large site (IMO) and I'm wanting to create a photo and video gallery as a sub-domain, not an additional folder.
My followup question is this...
In my public_html 'folder' should I create a sub-folder that is specific to the naming of this particular site?
I also have a half-dozen other sites and I'd hate to use a generic name if it's likely to be used by some of the other sites in the future.

Sorry for the non-flowing-speak.... Kinda new to this.

So, if site 'XYZ' has a gallery I should name the new public_html folder as
'xyzgallery' so not to be confused later when another site needs a gallery as well, such as site 'ABC' and its 'abcgallery'??? Anywhere close?

Wow. I'm soooo sorry. That was grade school gibberish but I hope someone can read between the scribbles and point me in the right direction.

Thank you again for attempting to decode my ramblings and I thank you finally for any subsequent help.

Mike