cPanel User Manual 

Overview 

The 

Sub Domain Maintenance menu 

allows you to add subdomains to your 

account. This feature is very useful as people can access subdirectories in your 

site through a simpler domain name than using your domain name and directory 

names. 

For example: Instead of accessing http://www.domain.com/users/john/forums, 

they can access http://jforums.domain.com if you set up a subdomain pointing to 

the forums directory. 

Steps 

1

  To access the 

Sub Domain Maintenance menu

, click on the 

 icon above the 

word 

Subdomains

 on the main screen of your cPanel interface. 

2

  Enter the prefix for the subdomain in the first blank field, and click 

Add.

NOTE: If the subdomain was added successfully, the following will appear 

(except sub.domain.com will be the prefix you are using, and your domain): 

SubDomain Adder 

The subdomain, sub.domain.com has been added. 

3  

Click on 

Go Back.

4

  To make the subdomain work, select it from the drop box next to 

Setup 

Redirection

 and click on 

Setup Redirection

.

5

  Enter the URL which you wish the subdomain to display in the blank field, and 

click on 

Save.

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