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Add a Website to a Web Hosting Plan
This guide explains how to add an additional website to an existing Infomaniak hosting plan.
Introduction
- The hosting may be on a shared Web Hosting plan or on an Infomaniak Cloud Server.
- The additional site can be either:
- a second domain name (e.g.,
domain2.xyz
), - or a subdomain (e.g.,
abc.domain.xyz
) of a domain name you already own.
- a second domain name (e.g.,
- In this multisite/multidomain management (virtual host), the total disk space and resources of your hosting are shared among your sites/subdomains.
Access Site Management
Prerequisites
- If the 20 site slots offered on the Web hosting are already used, order additional sites.
To access a Web Hosting plan to add a site:
- Click here to access your product management in the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
- Click the blue Add button.
- Choose optional content for the new site (A) or no specific installation (B):
- Press Next.
- Choose the type of domain to be assigned to this new site:
- an already acquired domain name
- a subdomain created from an already acquired domain name
- a domain name that is still available and to be ordered
- Enter the Domain name (
domain2.xyz
, for example) or the Subdomain. - Choose any Advanced Options, including:
- By default, the new site is added to the
/sites/domain2.xyz
directory on your FTP server. - To manually define another directory, check Define location manually and indicate the path and name.
- Create a new folder if needed:
- By default, the new site is added to the
- Click Continue.
If this is a subdomain or if the domain name or its DNS zone is managed by Infomaniak, it is possible to automatically update existing DNS entries. Otherwise, make the necessary changes with your registrar or transfer the domain name management to Infomaniak.
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