hxllowsaints 1 Share Posted September 29, 2019 So i'm trying out self hosting as a side project for now and came across a pretty good hosting plan, i wanted to know tho as i have a couple of doubts with some terms. So the plan is "one site, with unlimited subdomains" and i wanted to know if said subdomains could "host" each a rpg forum itself, for example. hxllowsaints.com as a main domain and idlk a sci fi rp potterverse.hxllowsaints.com as a harry potter rp fantasy.hxllowsaints.com as a fantasy rp And so on and so forth, i ask cause i'm pretty knew to hosting and before i made a purchase i wanted to know if what i wanted was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus 1,081 Share Posted September 29, 2019 It's doable, yes. Subdomains are just a different way of arranging folders in your server. So you get potterverse.hxllowsaints.com for instance instead of hxllowsaints.com/potterverse. Either arrangement is valid, but one is more liked by search engines. Quote I am the darkness, always watching, always listening, ALWAYS THERE. (If you're interested in Plain of Ice, message me, it's private. Bleach site, non-canon.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxllowsaints 1 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Oh, that's interesting and something i didn't know. Another question, wont i need more than one database for different forums to work? or each subdomain can host their own user/posts data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus 1,081 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Most dynamic software like forums and blogs use databases, so yes, whatever your MySQL database limit is, is likely your actual forum count limit. If you know what you're doing you can technically install multiple things to the same database, but I wouldn't recommend trying this until you're more familiar with how databases work, just wanted to note it is possible to work around SQL database count limits. SOME software, though, now runs flat-file, meaning it stores its data in a file on the file system, not a MySQL database, and you can run as many instances of those as you want. Quote I am the darkness, always watching, always listening, ALWAYS THERE. (If you're interested in Plain of Ice, message me, it's private. Bleach site, non-canon.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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