A subdomain is a name in front of your domain, such as blog.yourdomain.com. It shows a whole website of its own, not one page of your main website. A DNS record is a line in your domain's settings that connects it to another service or proves to Google the domain is yours. On EverWeb Hosting there's no DNS panel in your account: send us the record and we add it.
A blog or a second section: do you need a subdomain?
Usually not. A folder of your main website, such as yourdomain.com/blog, is simpler and works with every EverWeb feature.
- A blog: add EverWeb's blog to the website you already have. It goes online at yourdomain.com/blog/, using the name of the blog page. See How do I add a blog to my EverWeb website?
- A separate website in a folder: make it a second website in EverWeb and type the folder name in Subdirectory in File > Edit Publishing Settings. See How can I host more than one website on my EverWeb hosting account?
Put a website on a subdomain
A subdomain needs its own website in EverWeb, with its own publishing settings. Link the two websites with links set to An External Page and the full address.
On EverWeb + Hosting
The Domains list in EverWeb shows your domains, not subdomains, so we set them up for you:
- Make the second website. In the Projects window (titled Welcome to EverWeb), click Create a new website.
- Contact us with the subdomain you want, for example blog.yourdomain.com, and the name of that website in EverWeb.
- We create the subdomain and reply with what to choose in File > Edit Publishing Settings.
- Choose File > Publish Entire Site, then open the subdomain in a private browser window to check it.
It shares your plan's storage and gets a security certificate (HTTPS) like your main website. A security warning can show for up to 24 hours at first.
On another web host
- Create the subdomain in your host's control panel (often under Subdomains) and note the folder it uses.
- In EverWeb, open the second website, go to File > Edit Publishing Settings and set Publish To to FTP Server with your FTP details. See How do I publish my EverWeb website to another web host with FTP, FTPS or SFTP?
- In Directory/Path, enter the subdomain's folder (ask your host for the exact path). In Website URL, type its full address, such as https://blog.yourdomain.com. Leave Subdirectory empty.
- Choose File > Publish Entire Site.
Add a DNS record for Google or another service
For example, Google Search Console asks for a TXT record, newsletter services such as Mailchimp for CNAME or TXT records, and an online shop may want a CNAME so shop.yourdomain.com opens your shop.
First, check where your records live
Records go wherever your nameservers (the setting that tells the internet which company runs your domain) point. A record added anywhere else does nothing.
| Your nameservers | Where to add the record |
|---|---|
| EverWeb's, such as ns123.ragesw.com | Send it to us (below) |
| Your registrar's, Cloudflare's or another host's | In that company's DNS settings, or ask them to add it |
Not sure? Send us your domain name and we'll tell you.
Send us the record
Contact us and paste these as text, not a picture:
- Your domain
- The type, such as TXT or CNAME
- The Name or Host (@, or an empty box, means the domain itself)
- The Value, copied in full
- The TTL, if the service gives one
We reply when it's added. It can take a few hours to work, so wait before you click Verify in the other service, and try again later if it fails.
Good to know:
- MX records decide where your email goes. Changing them moves your email. Tell us what you're setting up, and back up your email first.
- A domain can have only one SPF record (a TXT record starting v=spf1). Send yours anyway: we combine it with the one your email already uses.
- Changing the A record of your domain, or of www, moves your website away from EverWeb Hosting. Ask us first.
- A subdomain that uses a CNAME, such as shop.yourdomain.com, can't also show an EverWeb website.
Google Search Console: TXT record or meta tag
- Domain property (every version of your address, with and without www): needs a TXT record. Send it to us as above.
- URL prefix property (one address, such as https://www.yourdomain.com): choose the HTML tag method, with no DNS change. Paste Google's meta tag into Head Code under Head/Footer Code in File > Edit Publishing Settings, choose File > Publish Entire Site, then click Verify. Leave the tag there, because Google checks it again.
Next steps with Google: How can I submit my EverWeb site to Google and other search engines?
Related articles
- Point your domain to EverWeb Hosting (update nameservers / DNS)
- How can I host more than one website on my EverWeb hosting account?
- How do I add a blog to my EverWeb website?
- How can I submit my EverWeb site to Google and other search engines?
- My domain, my website, my hosting and my email: who does what?