Subdomain Naming Conventions - three questions

[pburt16]

1. Is it possible to change the naming convention for subdomains in Plesk?

Currently, subdomain url naming convention is:

http://subdomain.domain.com

I'd like the url to read:

http://domain.com/subdomain or,
http://domain.subdomain.com

Can this be done?

2. The subdomain is NOT available by http://www.subdomain.com. What needs to be done in order for the subdomain to be accessed without the domain designation in the URL?

3. note the http://subdomain.domain.com - standard Plesk domain naming convention - cannot be accessed by http://[B]www.[/B]subdomain.domain.com - why is adding the "www" a problem?

Thanks in advance.
-paul

 

[danliker]

subdomains is nothing from plesk, that's a normal dns thing ...

http://domain.com/subdomain

is not a subdomain its a folder in the domain.com

http://domain.subdomain.com

is the subdomain "domain" in the domain "subdomain.com" ...

you can read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name about that ...

 

[pburt16]

Thanks for the response. Cleared up a couple points.

So, my follow-up question(s) are:

1. I purchased two domain names through GoDaddy.

The first domain is a second level domain (parent).

The second domain is a third level domain (or, subdomain of the first (child)).

Question:
Using Plesk, I set up the second Domain name as a subdomain on my server - Why can I not access the domain as http://www.thirdleveldomain.com, but only as http://www.thirdleveldomain.secondleveldomain.com?

In order to access http://www.thirdleveldomain.com, do I need to forward the DNS entry to the sub domain url http://www.thirdleveldomain.secondleveldomain.com?