Sub Domain Issues

world4health · 02-14-2004, 02:41 PM

I am thinking of adding another forum to the site, is there negatives or positives in using a sub domain for this?

thebuisnessman · 02-14-2004, 02:46 PM

Nope just remember when submitting or trading links to add the backslash / to the end because you will be redirected to that. This helps your pr. I did this and I think its working good. At first I didnt add the backslash and I had a pr of 3 on the page but it redirected to the backslash with no pr

world4health · 02-14-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by thebuisnessman

Nope just remember when submitting or trading links to add the backslash / to the end because you will be redirected to that. This helps your pr. I did this and I think its working good. At first I didnt add the backslash and I had a pr of 3 on the page but it redirected to the backslash with no pr

I do not understand? Maybe I wasn't so clear

What I wanted to know is: would the main site load quicker if you host your forum on a subdomain eg: "forums.world4health.com". Also is there any negative or positive implications having done this?

**LazyJim** · 02-16-2004, 05:56 PM

Not going to be any effect of sub-domains on server performance, unless they are set up to go to a different server than the rest of the site.

Not sure what thebusinessman is saying!

Usability issues:

some people use the URL and some guesswork to navigate your site, they try file names and directory names, so using a subdomain will throw them...
...but assuming you have good navigation in place already, then it doesn't matter really!

world4health · 02-17-2004, 06:30 AM

I thought so too, but I did it anyway

. Thanks.......