{"id":12733,"date":"2026-06-05T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/?page_id=12733"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:47:07","slug":"working-with-domains-and-subdomains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/domains-and-websites\/getting-started-with-domains\/working-with-domains-and-subdomains\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Domains and Subdomains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your domain can contain more than one website or project. These can be located in a subdomain<\/strong> or a subfolder<\/strong>. While you might have your main site at your primary domain, such as: yourname.domains.trincoll.edu, you can also create separate web addresses for different projects, courses, portfolios, or experiments. These separate addresses are usually created as subdomains. You can use subfolders but subdomains are recommended to avoid potential conflicts.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
subdomain example<\/strong><\/td>\nsubfolder example<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
portfolio.yourname.domains.trincoll.edu<\/td>\nyourname.domains.trincoll.edu\/portfolio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
historyproject.yourname.domains.trincoll.edu<\/td>\nyourname.domains.trincoll.edu\/historyproject<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
research.yourname.domains.trincoll.edu<\/td>\nyourname.domains.trincoll.edu\/research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A subdomain (or subfolder) can have its own WordPress installation, files, design, and content. This allows you to keep one project separate from another. This is usually better than putting every project into one large WordPress site, especially if the projects have different audiences, designs, or long-term purposes.<\/p>\n

Creating a subdomain<\/strong><\/h1>\n
    \n
  • Log in to your Domains of One\u2019s Own cPanel account.<\/li>\n
  • Open the Domains application.<\/li>\n
  • Choose Create a New Domain.<\/li>\n
  • Leave “Registered Domain selected”<\/li>\n
  • Enter the full subdomain name you want to use. For example: portfolio.yourname.domains.trincoll.edu<\/li>\n
  • Set the document root or folder location, this is where the files for this subdomain will live. This should ALWAYS be in the public_html folder. In the example below it is “public_html\/research”. You can choose any name you wish but giving the path the same name as the subdmoan or subfolder keeps things simple. See our documentation for more information on file management.<\/li>\n
  • Click Submit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"screenshot<\/p>\n

    You can now install WordPress or other applications in your new subdomain.<\/p>\n

    Mapping a custom domain to your domains.trincoll.edu site<\/h2>\n

    A custom domain is a web address that you own or register separately, such as:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • myproject.org<\/li>\n
    • myname.com<\/li>\n
    • hartfordhistory.net<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Instead of using your campus-provided domain address, you may want a custom domain for a public project, professional portfolio, grant-funded initiative, or long-term digital scholarship project. Custom domains can be useful, but they also come with extra responsibilities. You need to register and pay for the domain, renew it every year, manage DNS settings, and make sure it continues to point to the correct site.<\/p>\n

      First you need to purchase and register a domain. You can purchase a domain from many different companies but you can also purchase it directly from your cPanel via the “Register Apex Domain” Application. Once you have your domain purchased you need to change some settings to point it to your trincoll.edu domain.<\/p>\n

      Prepare your trincoll.edu domain:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Go to the Domains application in the cPanel and choose Create a new domain.<\/li>\n
      • Leave Registered Domain selected<\/li>\n
      • Enter your new domain name in the Domain field.<\/li>\n
      • If you want the new name to point to the main\/top level trincoll.edu domain leave the “Share document root” box checked. If you want to use another location uncheck that box and enter the file location where you want the files to live for the site.<\/li>\n
      • Click Submit<\/li>\n
      • If you purchased your domain directly from the cPanel application you are all done! If not follow the steps below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Point your custom domain to your trincoll.edu domain: (this is NOT necessary if you purchased your domain directly from your cPanel.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • You will have to update the DNS servers settings where you purchased your domain. This process will vary from company to company so follow their instructions.<\/li>\n
        • Enter the DNS servers for domains.trincoll.edu in the appropriate place in your custom domain settings. They are:\n
            \n
          • ns1.reclaimhosting.com<\/li>\n
          • ns2.reclaimhosting.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Once these changes are saved it may take some time to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Feel free to reach out to the Digital Learning & Scholarship Team with any questions<\/p>\n

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