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Subdomains (e.g. xyz.com/wxyz or xyz.uvw.com, etc.) currently must be added manually.
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< [[Help FAQ]]
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{{HelpPageAmbassadorKristina}}
  
You can either [[Create_Subdomain|visit the create subdomain page]], or:
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<big>'''AboutUs wants people to start to enjoy and use wiki pages. To that end, we support page creation for subdomains. To add a subdomain to AboutUs.org search for it (like "blog.yourwebsite.com") above.'''</big>
  
Add the name in the URL listing of your browser. So that it reads:
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[[Category:AboutUs Help]]
:<nowiki>http://www.aboutus.org/xyz.uvw.com</nowiki>
 
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:<nowiki>http://www.aboutus.org/xyz.com/wxyz</nowiki>
 
 
 
This will give you new page with no text, click the "edit this page link". Once you're in the edit window, copy in the following:
 
:<nowiki>{{subst:Subdomain}}</nowiki>
 
 
 
and hit save. Edit the resulting page, just like any other wiki page on [[AboutUs]]. Please note: while the "thumbnail" technology works on top-level domains like "SnapNames.com", sometimes it doesn't work for subdomains. If it doesn't, you can always remove it in the "Edit" mode near the top of the page, between the <nowiki><thumbnail> and </thumbnail></nowiki> tags.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currently subdomains are not automatically created by the [[AboutUsBot|AboutUs bot]].  Use this tool to have the [[Domain Page Boilerplate]] added to the page for you to fill in.
 
 
 
{{:Create_Subdomain/InputBox}}
 
 
 
:''See also: [[How to Create Subdomain Pages]]''
 
 
[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]]
 
[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 22:33, 12 January 2014

AboutUs wants people to start to enjoy and use wiki pages. To that end, we support page creation for subdomains. To add a subdomain to AboutUs.org search for it (like "blog.yourwebsite.com") above.

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