Knowledgebase

This article is for cPanel Accounts. Determine where your account is with this guide.

Sub-domain

Let's say your domain is mysite.com.
You install a Message Board and put it in a directory called mysite.com/board/.
You can turn the directory board into a sub-domain by adding it as a sub-domain from your Control Panel.
Now you can access your Message board as either  mysite.com/board OR board.mysite.com
This costs you nothing and is free.

Parked Domain

You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com.
mysite.com is the domain of your website and you want to add my-other-site.com.
You want them both to go to the same place. In other words, when someone types either www.mysite.com or www.my-other-site.com they will go to the same page(s) on your website.
To have additional parked domains you need to purchase them from a registry like WestHost.

Add-On Domains

You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com.
You want the two domains to be separate/independent websites.
To have additional add-on domains you need to purchase them from a registry like WestHost.