Subdomains

What a subdomain is and how to create more under your account.

What a subdomain is

A subdomain is the part to the left of your main domain. For an account on yourname.zizbe.com:

• yourname: the subdomain.
• zizbe.com: the parent domain that we operate.

Subdomains let you carve a site into separate sections that behave like independent websites: blog.example.com, shop.example.com, api.example.com.

Your free zizhost subdomain

Your account comes with one subdomain on *.zizbe.com. It is your primary site and lives at public_html/. The DNS is managed for you and HTTPS is set up automatically.

Creating additional subdomains

Inside the hosting panel:

1. Open Subdomains.
2. Enter the prefix (e.g. blog) and choose the parent domain it belongs to.
3. Pick a document root. The panel suggests public_html/blog by default; accept it unless you need another path.
4. Click Create.

The hosting panel creates the folder, adds the DNS record, and the new subdomain is reachable within a minute or two.

What happens behind the scenes

A DNS A (or CNAME) record points blog.yourname.zizbe.com at our server. Apache uses the Host header to decide which folder to serve from. That is why two subdomains on the same account can serve different sites from different folders.

When to use a subdomain vs. a subdirectory

• Subdomain (blog.example.com): the site is separate, with an independent codebase, its own database user, and isolated DNS. Search engines treat it as a separate site for SEO.
• Subdirectory (example.com/blog): the site shares the codebase / brand / SEO authority. Easier to consolidate analytics.