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What Is A Subdomain And How To Create One
Subdomains are subset of larger domain name. First of all, we will understand domain names.
A domain name, largely consists of two parts – TLD and SLD.
TLD (Top Level Domain) – is mainly referred as domain name extension (eg – .com, .org, .net)
SLD(Second Level Domain)- is referred as domain name registration (eg- google, yahoo, Gmail)
Now, the question is what exactly is subdomain, A subdomain name is a part of domain name that is a part of larger domain name. Also, some call it as a child domain of a larger domain name (eg. https://blog.google.com)
Here- blog is subdomain, google is SLD and .com is TLD
Subdomains are subsections of your main website that can exist as separate websites, without requiring a separate domain name. An example of a subdomain would be blog.ukhost4u.com and www.ukhost4u.com/blog.
Now, we will see how can we create subdomains in cpanel-
First, navigate to the Subdomains icon in cPanel as shown below:
![Subdomains location in cPanel](https://www.ukhost4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/tempsnip-3-1024x615.png)
You’ll now see a screen where you can enter the details for the new subdomain that you wish to create.
First you need to enter the name of your subdomain, for example blog.
![](https://www.ukhost4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-18.png)
Next, choose the domain that you wish to host this subdomain on.
![](https://www.ukhost4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-20-1024x392.png)
Finally, choose the document root, or you can leave this and it will automatically fill.
You can now click Create to finish creating your new subdomain.
![](https://www.ukhost4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-21-1024x391.png)