domain / subdomain name question...

[jimmyhaha]

don't know if I post right forums..

have been scratching my head for a while, maybe AT expert can help me out..

what is the difference for

http://www.whatever.somedomain.com

vs

http://www.somedomain.com/whatever

http://www.somedomain.com/~whatever


I really don't understand how do they do they.. shouldn't whatever under somedomain directory ?

http://www.whatever.somedomain.com

hmm..

Pls advice

thanks in advance..

 

[RossMAN]

Do you currently have a webhosting company? If so, which one?

 

[Aves]

somedomain.com/whatever is typically just a folder or subdirectory off of somedomain.com.

Whereas whatever.somedomain.com can actually have a different A Record in it's zone file and can be pointed to a different IP, hence a different webserver.

 

[d33pt]

or whatever.domain.com could be a hostheader pointing to another dir on the same webserver

 

[Mucman]

Simple explanation...

domains and subdomains map to IPs

The slashes equal directories...

I have a subdomain that points to my home IP. in fact I have 3 since I am doing virtual hosting with an apache webserver.

Subdomains offer much more flexability IMHO

so... in other words...

www.domain.com = server1
www2.domain.com = server2

Those are two seperate machines

www..domain.com/whatever is just accessing the whatever directory off of the root of the website on server1