There are many times when it would be useful to host a sub-domain of your main site on another server or hosting company altogether. Maybe your sub-domain has outgrown the main site and you want to host it elsewhere for a better deal, maybe you’ve got some ultra cheap static file hosting for serving up images and videos elsewhere or maybe you have a company that allows you to have an affiliate store or something like that and they allow you to use your own domain. …except that you want to create a sub-domain of your main site to ensure consistency, customer trust and to retain your branding.

Whatever your need, the solution is simple, but requires you to have access to your DNS records for your domain. These will usually be found at your hosting company. If you use cpanel/whm, then this is fine - if you have access to the actual files themselves then this is good too.

This is completely different to how you’d normally set up a “soft” sub-domain which is essentially a folder within your normal site. Before you start you’ll need to know the IP address of the server that will be hosting the sub-domain account. In the instance that you’re creating another account, say with cpanel on another host, then go ahead and set up that new account. Where it asks you to enter your domain name you should enter the sub-domain and set it up as normal. If you want to point your sub-domain at a site where someone else deals with the hosting, then you’ll have to ask them for the IP address.

Once in possession of this, you then need to edit your DNS record. If you’re using WHM/Cpanel then you’ll see the option called “Edit DNS Zone” in the left hand menu. The select the domain name for the zone you wish to edit.
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What’s the next big thing online?

No it is not gambling, lingerie, or cheap Mexican steroids…no it is the next wave, no evolution, of…begging.
That’s right begging. So while most are trying to conjure up the next big idea, others take the path least traveled: online begging.

One site in particular that came to my attention is Beggr.com. It has got that edge, style, and that nasty marketing edge that the cool sites need these days.

A logo resembling that off Flickr, and a catchy name with a vowel missing, What else do you need?

If you are not convinced yet, dig deeper, check out the artistic efforts in the source code…

A site such as this demands respect, only to get down to your knees and wither it all away for a chance to get a dollar in the bank.

But even though it is fun to poke fun at such a site, any true webmaster would have to appreciate the uniqueness and suprising professionalism of such a site, so properly I have donated a $1.30, just enough to let the guy have a dollar after PayPal fees - would be sad to slip under three digits for such great effort.