Hosting problem

[workshop]

Interesting. I assume Elite offer Add On domains as part of their personal package. Are you using the Business or Reseller options?

[Dave A]

Just the basic R35 a month deal.

I can't say we've hammered the account to find the limits, but we do make it work some and it seems to handle the load very well.
Certainly worth the money.

[OldGoat]

We use JCW Hosting to host all our websites (around 100 of them and climbing) and, although they are quite a small concern, they are awesome in "fixing" things for us when I break them
The only service provider we have used where the support line actually get answered within a few rings.

[Dave A]

Wow - 12 posts in a row on web hosting without somebody trying to drop a link!

[raffle]

Does a Sub Domain work the same way as an Add On Domain. I have never understood the difference besides the fact that an Add On domain can be found at http://addon.yourdomain.co.za and the Sub Domain http://www.yourdomain.co.za/subdomain

When do you use an Add On domain?
When do you use a Sub Domain?

I see JCW offer Unlimited Sub Domains but do not mention Add On's. Is it significant?

[Dave A]

Actually a subdomain is subdomain.domain - domain/subfolder is a folder structure (although typically in the hosting back end you'll find the subdomain placed as a subfolder of the public root folder).

The theory with subdomains vs subfolders is a subdomain is "seperated" from the main domain (effectively a new web area as such), whereas subfolders still form part of the domain they're a part of.

Subdomains tend to have content that is either totally different from the main domain (e.g. in a business site you might have your main content in the main domain and blog content in a blog.domain subdomain), or is a different representation of the main domain (such as mobile content in a m.domain subdomain).

[raffle]

That is what I have always understood an Add On domain to be. In my cpanel I have both. I have never tried the Sub Domain