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I’ve been working on a new portfolio system where I store my forum signatures. They’re buried in a deep directory like public_html/portfolio/assets/images/sigs/. I wanted a cleaner URL: http://sigs.brooksrockett.com/signame.jpg instead of the long path. The domain brooksrockett.com is parked on my Xisto account, but my cPanel actually shows the primary domain (e.g., johnny.xisto.com) rather than the parked one.
I managed to figure it out with help from another member. Here’s what worked:
Steps to Set Up a Subdomain on a Parked Domain
- Log into your Xisto cPanel.
- Go to the Subdomains section.
- In the drop-down next to “Create a Subdomain,” select your parked domain (e.g.,
brooksrockett.com). - Enter the desired subdomain prefix (e.g.,
sigs). - For the document root, specify the directory where your sig images live (relative to the parked domain’s root). For a parked domain, the root is typically a subfolder inside your main public_html. In my case, I created a symlink or just pointed it to
public_html/portfolio/assets/images/sigs/. - Click Create.
That’s it! Now I can access http://sigs.brooksrockett.com/signame.jpg directly. If you want to redirect a specific subdomain to a directory (like sigs → public_html/sigs), you can use the same drop-down menu under Subdomains to set a redirect.
One thing to note: cPanel might show the primary domain’s structure, but the parked domain settings work independently. Just make sure you select the correct domain from the drop-down before creating the subdomain.
Hope this helps anyone else with a similar setup!
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