forums.mysite or mysite/forums

[richy19]

well seeing as hexus use subdomaining for the different sections of the site i wondered why this is?
is it simply to do with the look of it or is there a security reason behind this?
thanks

[aidanjt]

It would appear that they're on separate hosts. Better isolation and easier administration than just lumping everything onto one host.

[GoNz0]

forums.hexus allows you to move the sub domains where u want to, not that a redirect in the folder for hexus/forums wouldnt work as i now have both on the rackage site after moving to the new site on a new machine leaving the forums behind.

[chuckskull]

Sub-domains are easier to work with as others have pointed out. IIRC and bear in mind I haven't administered anything for about 5 odd years. It can also help your site get pushed up the search engines a bit.

[CrazyMonkey]

Use sub-domains, will make your life easier.

[peterb]

Depends on the size of your site. mysite/forums is probably simpler to set up if you are (say) running a simple site with perhaps a blog. But a large site (like Hrexus) you'll benefit by setting up sub-domains.