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Creating and Forwarding a Subdomain

A subdomain is the part of a domain that is appended to the beginning of the domain name, like a prefix. For example, if your domain is "coolexample.com," you can add a subdomain to the front of it to make "one.coolexample.com." As with a regular domain, you can forward a subdomain to another URL. Subdomains can be up to 25 characters.

To Create and Forward a Subdomain

1. Log in to your Account Manager.
2. From the Domain Names menu, select Manage Domains.
3. Click the domain for which you want to create a subdomain.
4. In the Subdomains section, click add.
5. In the Subdomain field, enter the subdomain name you want to use.
6. In the Forward To field, enter the URL you want to forward your subdomain to (for example, http://www.coolexample.com).
7. In the Redirect Type area, select one of the following:

   301

   Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a "301 Moved Permanently" HTTP response. The HTTP 301 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has permanently moved.

   302

   Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a "302 Found" HTTP response. The HTTP 302 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has temporarily moved.

8. Click OK.

You can also add the "www" prefix to a subdomain, which you do through the Total DNS Control interface. For more information, see Adding WWW Prefixes to Subdomains