On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:17:27 +0100, Mike Simpson wrote:
> 1. I know I can "divide" the site using sub-domains or add-on domains
> but I can't work out what the difference is
It's easy, I'll show you the difference.
1) If your domain is mydomain.com, then subdomains are:
first.mydomain.com, second.mydomain.com, anything.mydomain.com.
Good hosting services allow to use as many subdomains as you like.
But, as you said, your clients have their own domains and need to get mail
for their domains, so I think that subdomain scheme is not for you.
Add-on domains are another thing. I don't know what exactly you meant but I
see 2 possibilities:
2a) Domain aliases. It means you point several domains to 1 hosting
account. For example you registered 3 domains:
mydomain.com, mydomain.net and mydomain.org.
Then you make mydomain.com the main one and make 2 other aliases.
You may enter ANY domain in your browser then and get the same site,
But you need 3 different sites and mail accounts, so it's not for you too.
2b) Several sites in one account. I think this is what you need. You pay
one fee and get possibility to host few sites. This is what I do, and many
other webmasters do too. Each site has it's own FTP access, statistics,
mail accounts and anything else site has to have.
If you're interested visit <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.slyusar.com/hosting.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.slyusar.com/hosting.shtml</a> - you'll
find hosting description there. You may host 4 sites at Standard plan
($24.95) and 8 sites at Extended plan ($39.95). The prices are not as low
as some others (I would not point to them), but the reason is you get
EXCELLENT technical support. You may contact server administrator not only
by e-mail, but at business time you may contact him by ICQ, MSN and Jabber.
It means you get help right at the moment you need it. And you know, I like
it.
> 2. Do I then move the parked top-level domain names on to the new
> sub/add-on domain (and if so, how), or leave it where it is and just
> forward users to the new address?
You'd have to go to your domain registrar web site, log into it and change
DNS information. DNS stands for Domain Name Server. This way you'd
configure your domains to be hosted on another server. Then you just move
your files to new location and that's all about it.
> 3. If I do move the whole lot, what happens about email? Hosting
> companies would obviously provide email facilities to user at
> myaccount.com, but is it possible to set up email for the top-level
> domain names pointing to my sub/add-on domains?
When you have several sites in one account then each site has its own mail
servers (SMTP and POP3). So there's no problem at all. Each site owner just
logs into his own mail server and gets/sends mail.
> 4. What happens about search engine submissions? We find it hard at
> present to get listed, I understand because the top-level domain merely
> point to the real website. Is there anything I can do to make better
> placement easier?
Oh, SEO (search engine optimization) is another big story. I suggest you to
visit <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.selfpromotion.com" target="_blank">http://www.selfpromotion.com</a> - good site for beginner. Change your
sites according to instructions you find there and I'm sure your placement
would become much better in a month or two.
If you have any questions you may contact me through the form on my site.
--
Regards, Igor Slyusar.
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