Subdomains Questions

[clonetrooper9494]

I noticed this subdomain limit of 3 after signing up, not that I am going to use more than 3, its just I read about dynamic subdomains. Say I create an account on my site 'john123', my user profile would be accessible at 'john123.mysite.com'. What I read is you need to add a wild card to subdomains(which I don't know how to do) and DNS stuff, and edit your htaccess file(which I do know how to do) so that you can point them to a dynamic page.
Now for the questions:
- Why is there a 3 subdomain limit?
- Will x10hosting allow me to create dynamic subdomains/How would I add a wildcard?

 

[garrettroyce]

I can't answer for sure on why the limit exists, but I believe it is a server load issue. There are approximately 10,000 accounts per server and if everyone used 3 (some people have many more with upgrades) that's 30,000 subdomains! Not to mention addons and redirects. Every time the server is serving a page, it has to figure out which of those 30,000 is right.

Dynamic subdomains can be achieved using mod_rewrite in .htaccess. You don't have to use a single subdomain in CPanel when using it. For example, mod_rewrite will take this url from the client's computer:

something.site.com

And change it so the server sees:

site.com/something

There are a ton of good tutorials on mod_rewrite, google "mod_rewrite tutorial" and you'll be on your way! mod_rewrite syntax is tricky, but feel free to post in the programming help forum and you'll get all the help you need

 

[clonetrooper9494]

Perhaps you didn't read my entire post, I can not use htaccess until I set up wild card subdomains on my domain, which I don't know how to do. I already know what htaccess code I need, its a matter of setting up subdomains with wild cards so that every subdomain request is sent to my home dir. Would any one know how?

 

[garrettroyce]

Sorry, I misread your first post. A staff member with admin access to CPanel would have to do this for you, if it is allowed. I will try to get this answered for you.