Addon Domain, Alias, Subdomain: Managing Domains in cPanel

You can add more domains* to your hosting package. In addition to the carrier domain of your hosting package, you can add a domain to your package as an Addon Domain or as a Parked Domain or Alias. You can also create a Subdomain on top of an existing domain.

How do I add a domain to my hosting package?

You add domains to your hosting package in the cPanel control panel (login instructions).

• If you want to set up a standalone website on a domain, add it as an Added Domain or create a subdomain.
• If you only want to use email on the domain or you want to redirect it to another domain, add it as a Parked domain.

When you add a new domain to your hosting package in the cPanel control panel, you will need to register the appropriate DNS servers for it.

Table of contents

• Addon Domain
• Parked Domain (Parked Domain / Alias)
• Subdomain
• DNS server entry

Addon Domain

You can set up a standalone website on an Addon Domain and use email.

1. In the cPanel dashboard, find the Domains section and click on the Domains icon.

2. Click on the blue Create a New Domain button.

3. Enter your domain in the box, untick the Share document root setting and click on the blue Submit button.

4. Wait a moment, and then you should see a notification that the Added Domain has been successfully created.

This has also created a new folder on the hosting package (in our case, mojadomena.si), to which you can add your website files using the File Manager tool available in cPanel.

Parked Domain / Alias

You can use the Parked Domain to send emails and, if you wish, redirect the domain to another domain.

1. In the cPanel dashboard, locate the Domains section and click on the Domains icon.

2. Click on the blue Create a New Domain button.

3. Enter your domain in the box, leave a tick in the Share document root setting and click on the blue Submit button.

4. Wait a moment and you should see a notification that the Parked Domain has been successfully created.

By default, the Alias or Parked Domain points to the public_html folder, where the files of the website that is displayed on the carrier domain of your hosting package are located. This means that the same website is displayed on the Parked Domain as on the Carrier Domain (the way it is displayed depends partly on the configuration of the website itself).

This is not recommended, as Google may detect this as duplicate content and penalise your website with a lower search engine ranking. We advise you to redirect the domain added as Alias to another domain.

Redirecting a Parked Domain

You can redirect a parked domain to the carrier domain of your hosting package or to an Added Domain.

1. In the cPanel Control Panel, locate the Domains section and click on the Redirects icon.

2. Select Permanent (301) as the redirect type, as you most likely want to permanently redirect the parked domain to another domain. Otherwise, select Temporary (302).

For https?://(www.)?, select the Parked domain you want to redirect to another domain.

In the Redirects to field, enter the URL of your domain to which you want to redirect the Parked domain.

When setting up www. redirection: select Redirect with or without www...

3. Click on the blue Add button to create the redirection.

This has written the code to redirect the Parked Domain to the .htaccess file for the domain to which you have redirected the Parked Domain.

Subdomain

A subdomain can be used to host a standalone website, redirect to another domain, or host your email.

You can create any subdomain you want in the cPanel control panel. If the domain on which you want to create a subdomain has not yet been added to your hosting package, we recommend that you first add it as an Added or Parked domain and then create the subdomain.

1. In your cPanel, locate the Domains section and click on the Domains icon.

2. Click on the blue Create a New Domain button.

3. Enter the desired subdomain in the box, untick the Share document root setting and click on the blue Submit button.

This has also created a new folder on your hosting package (in our case it is the blog.vasadomena.si folder), which you can access using the File Manager tool available in cPanel.

Entering DNS servers

Once a domain has been added to the hosting package, the corresponding DNS servers must also be registered:

• If the domain is registered with us, here are some brief instructions to help you.
• If the domain is not registered with us, you can change the DNS servers with your current domain registrar. Please check which DNS servers your domain needs to be registered with at the My NEOSERV Subscription Centre. You can find brief instructions to help you do this.

After registering the DNS servers, you must wait for the DNS servers to refresh, which usually takes between 2 and 24 hours.

We are also always available by phone or email for any further questions.