Creating an addon domain
To create an addon domain, follow these steps:
- In the DOMAINS section of the cPanel home screen, click Addon Domains.
- Under Create an Addon Domain, type the domain name in the New Domain Name text box.
Optionally, you can create an FTP account with the addon domain.
Check the Create an FTP account associated with this Addon Domain check box.
In the FTP Username text box, type a username for the account.
In the Password text box, type the account password that you want.
In the Password (Again) text box, retype the account password.
You can click Password Generator and cPanel generates a random, strong password for you.
- Click Add Domain. After cPanel creates the domain, you can add content pages in the document root directory specified in step 2.
Modifying an addon domain
You can change the document root directory for an addon domain. You can also configure an addon domain to redirect to another domain. To make either of these modifications, follow these steps:
- In the DOMAINS section of the cPanel home screen, click Addon Domains.
- Under Modify Addon Domain, locate the addon domain that you want to modify:
- To change the addon domain's document root directory, click the cPanel edit icon (edit) icon, type the new document root directory, and then click Change.
- To set up domain redirection, click Manage Redirection, type the domain to which you want the addon domain to redirect, and then click Save.
Removing an addon domain
To remove an addon domain that you no longer need, follow these steps:
- In the DOMAINS section of the cPanel home screen, click Addon Domains.
- Under Modify Addon Domain, locate the addon domain that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
- If you also want to remove the addon domain's FTP account, select the check box.
- Click Remove to confirm the removal.
Aliases
Aliases are often used to reserve or “hold” a domain name that does not have an associated web site. Aliases can also be used as placeholders for existing web sites. For example, if you own the example.com domain name, you can alias the domain so it redirects to the primary domain of your Hosting account.
Adding an alias
To add an alias, follow these steps:
- In the Domains section of the cPanel home screen, click Aliases.
- Under Create a New Alias, type the name of the alias in the Domain text box.
- Click Add Domain.
Removing an alias
You should remove an alias when you no longer own the domain name, or when you want to set up a separate web site for the domain.
To remove an alias, follow these steps:
- In the Domains section of the cPanel home screen, click Aliases.
- Under Remove Aliases, locate the alias that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
- Click Remove Alias to confirm the removal.
