taylorn Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hi everyone I will try to explain this best I can My web host has disabled the http://IPADDRESS/~username/ "for security reasons" so the only way to access a clients website is to open their domain which can be annoying if their domain hasnt propagated yet, or they didn't get a domain (I have free hosting products that don't come with a domain) I worked out how to offer a free subdomain at time of purchase, but it's either one or the other (domain or subdomain) So what in would like is be able to get a domain, and also a subdomain (username.mydomain.com) for temporary access, and as I said before, if they don't have a domain. Basically I would like this done automatically, so the clien doesn't get a choice. They are given a subdomain of my domain automatically Please let me know if this can be done, and how 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorn Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hi Is anyone able to help me with this at all?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 This is quite simple, create a domain (under domain pricing) called yourdomain.com - it will function similar to a ccTLD and then when clients register theirname.yourdomain.com, cPanel will set it up like that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorn Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 This is quite simple, create a domain (under domain pricing) called yourdomain.com - it will function similar to a ccTLD and then when clients register theirname.yourdomain.com, cPanel will set it up like that Thanks for the reply This would allow the client to choose a subdomain of my domain only, it wouldn't allow them to get a domain (http://www.customerdomain.com) and ALSO a subdomain of my domain (customer.mydomain.com) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 No, but if you enable the .com domain TLD then the client can order the .com domain as well if he wants to 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorn Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I am sorry - but I don't follow. I add .mydomain.com as TLD? and then the client can register that as their domain?Then that would become their primary account domain right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I am sorry - but I don't follow. I add .mydomain.com as TLD? and then the client can register that as their domain?Then that would become their primary account domain right? Yes, that's exactly what I said. Try it out yourself 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorn Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Ahh ok. Well I still want their primary domain to be their own, I just want a subdomain created secondary - on the side sort of 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panacheweb Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Ahh ok. Well I still want their primary domain to be their own, I just want a subdomain created secondary - on the side sort of yes this works, however the domain you want to use as the subdomain has to be on the same name servers.. or you can point to it via an A record change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misanthrope Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 This is quite simple, create a domain (under domain pricing) called yourdomain.com - it will function similar to a ccTLD and then when clients register theirname.yourdomain.com, cPanel will set it up like that Hi SoftDux, I wonder if you could give me a hint why cPanel/WHM wouldn't create an account for a subdomain registered the way you have described above? Should the registrar be set to "none","email" or else? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Well, first of all WHM has nothing todo with what registrar you use, and 2ndly you can't actually register a subdomain with any registrar so you need to use "none" or "email" (if you want to receive an email about the registration. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misanthrope Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Well, first of all WHM has nothing todo with what registrar you use, and 2ndly you can't actually register a subdomain with any registrar so you need to use "none" or "email" (if you want to receive an email about the registration. OK, that one is clear. But I have another question, maybe you know the answer. Whenever I try to register a free subdomain the WHMCS doesn't allow 1 or 2 symbol names (it says "The domain you entered is not valid"). Creating it manually in Cpanel is not a problem. I wonder why is that? Is there any settings where I can change it? 3 or more symbol names work just fine, but not less. Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Hi Gents, I followed the steps above, but didn't get anywhere with subdomains selling. We tried to add the subdomain as a TLD in "Domain Pricing" but the subdomain search does not work in whmcs domain search. We also tried to add subdomain in General Settings >> Other, but then we cant' display a domain search field, pricing, and then provide the customer the option to manage "subdomain DNS Management" in his client area. How can we automate subdomain search, provisioning, Client Area DNS management and hosting via WHMCS just as standard TLDs? Thanks, Frazer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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