do not require the “www” prefix? and instead have “mail” or “ftp” or whatever the case may be. Not why in the sense of “oh, because one is for mail, and one is to upload files!” but why in the sense of how are they set up differently…are they on different servers? is it how the servers are configured? or what?
what is the actual difference between these? thanks for any response!
www (world wide web) show the page
mail (webmail) show email
ftp (file transfer protocol) show the files of page or mail
all in same server. only differet subdomain.
www (world wide web) show the page
mail (webmail) show email
ftp (file transfer protocol) show the files of page or mail
all in same server. only differet subdomain.
so when you say they’re different subdomains…is it some sort of functional requirement to use those different subdomains…or could I just as easily use…
(File Transfer Protocol) A very common method of moving files between two Internet sites. FTP is a way to login to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. FTP was invented and in wide use long before the advent of the World Wide Web and originally was always used from a text-only interface.
thanks for the reply Seb…but I guess I didn’t explain myself well enough. I know what FTP stands for and I know what its function is. I know what a mail servers function is as well…I just don’t understand why they don’t require the “www,” while other most sites do.
I appreciate the wikipedia link though…guess I need to read up on Domain Name Servers.
Cool. Well I’m somewhat familiar with http and https, the “s” dealing with a page being “secure.”
But maybe this will explain my query better. So say I’m designing a Web site called www.go.com. I have three pages associated with this “go” Web site.
index.html
contact.html
about.html
So whenever I need to go edit my index page…no problem, I just upload my new index page and overwrite my old one. Say I need to update my “about” page, no problem, simply edit it, upload and overwrite. Same for contact. But…how about my mail.go.com, or my ftp.go.com. I don’t see those in the root directory on my Web server…where do those subdomains reside? I didn’t create them…who did? how is it that they even exist? Why do I not have control over them? What makes them different from my three pages that I created, index.html, contact.html, and about.html? Why are they not prefixed by “www”? Why do they “stand alone”?
Maybe this makes my question clearer. Thanks again for any insight.
[QUOTE=λ]Most sites don’t require the “www” subdomain.[/QUOTE]unfortunately it’s not all b/c some webmasters are idiots and don’t set up the domain correctly.
mail.go and ftp.go are not subdomains and do not reside on your webserver like index.html (which are files)…you can use ftp.go.com to get to index.html and make your changes becasue the is ftp (file transfer protocol) mail.go is your mail server no need to edit files there. Unless you literrally make a subdomain called mail.go then you can access files through ftp.go.
mail.go and ftp.go are not subdomains and do not reside on your webserver like index.html (which are files)…
Thanks for the responses fellas. So, DDD, since you’re saying they are not subdomains and do not reside on the webserver, what exactly are they and where do they reside?
They might even be on the same server as all the other files.
They are in the hdd just another folder, but to you the remote webmaster a place to be accessed with another app.
Mail needs a mail program…
FTP needs an FTP program…
The subdomain is the first section of the URL, not much to do with the server.
subdomain.domain.extension (eg:www.myspace.com or www.google.pt)
Read up on wikipedia about URL and it’ll become clear.
The World Wide Web is just another place in the Web that you can read the story about on wikipedia.
It’s a part of the Internet. Like IRC, or FTP, POP, etc.
Like diferent streets… The name they’re called has very little to do with what they can actually do.
About the mail.whatever.com… The fact there is “mail. …” has nothing to do with the real aplication of that URL. It’s just a good manners to it that way. Netiquette I believe is the word, although poorly written I’m sure…
The prefix has more to do with what you have on the server. FTP://ftp.mymine.com/ is just as valid as ftp://mymine.com/
The prefix on these URL’s is FTP which is the protocol being used followed by the link the Domain name server will translate into an Internet Protocol Address with a port that the end server will recognize and that port will give you access to a folder with files upon login and password introduction.
Like I said before. Wikipedia is a good place to look up all this info.
Jolly Fat Man, you’re a champion, and I appreciate the info. Thanks to everyone for their input – I really needed a clue to start the research and be on the right track.
