# Somewhat Urgent - Subdomains, how do they work?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/somewhat-urgent-subdomains-how-do-they-work/30953 "2003-09-16T17:04:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/somewhat-urgent-subdomains-how-do-they-work/30953/1 "2003-09-16T17:04:25Z")

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Hi could someone please expalin how subdomains work, and how I got about doing it?

I guess me real questions si , I want to have  
[http://www.digitalosophy.jobinfo.com](http://www.digitalosophy.jobinfo.com) not a link yet 🙂

how do i make that domain point to a folder on my web server?

Thanks very much