Understanding domains and sub-domains
When using Aurea Campaign Manager, it is helpful to have an understanding of domain names and sub-domain names, especially when performing set-up operations.
Let us analyze the different parts of the following:
www.lyris.com
Even though this is commonly referred to as a domain name, it actually consists of three different domains:
com: top-level domainlyris: second-level domainwww: third-level domain
Each domain is considered to be a subdomain of the domain to its right. The exception to this is com as the label top-level domain implies, it is at the top of the domain hierarchy and therefore, is not a sub-domain. The second-level domain, lyris, is a sub-domain of com, and www is a sub-domain of lyris.
For example, let us consider that we have decided to have different departments represented by different domain names. We can create the following:
sales.lyris.commarketing.lyris.comsupport.lyris.comengineering.lyris.com
In this case, sales, marketing, support, and engineering are all considered to be sub-domains of lyris.com.
The above example is useful while setting up landing pages.
The above example is useful while setting up web analytics and landing pages. In the Web Analytics tab, there is an Add button and an Add Sub-Domain button.
If your existing domain name is www.lyris.com, and you want to add a name for a completely different domain such as www.example.com, click the Add button. When you finish, it appears as the following:
If you want to add sales as a sub-domain of lyris.com, select www.lyris.com in the left-hand column, and click the Add Sub-Domain button to create the sub-domain.
When you finish, sales.lyris.com is displayed in the left-hand column under www.lyris.com as non-bold and slightly indented to indicate its sub-domain status:
