Domain names: overview
Domain names are essentially the addresses of websites. Isubilo.com.au, for example, is our domain name - it can be typed into a web browser anywhere in the world and this website will be displayed.
In order to use a specific domain name, you must register it with a domain registrar or reseller (such as Isubilo). If a domain name is already registered, you will not be able to register the same domain name until it expires, which will only happen if the current owner chooses not to renew the domain.
Some people purchase domain names with a single intention: to sell it. If there's a domain name you really want but it's taken, try contracting the site administrator and seeing if he's willing to sell.
If you choose to have your website hosted with Isubilo, you will have the following options in your control panel:
Sub domain
- Lets say your domain is mysite.com.
- You install a Message Board and put in 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
- In order to have additional parked domains you need to purchase them from a registry
Add-On Domains
- You have two domains: mysite.com and my-other-site.com.
- You want the two domains to be totally separate/independent websites
- In order to have additional add-on domains you need to purchase them from a registry
