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<div align=justify>A wild card is a symbol that substitutes for an unknown character or set of characters. Commonly used wild cards are the asterisk ( * ) and the question mark ( ? ). | <div align=justify>A wild card is a symbol that substitutes for an unknown character or set of characters. Commonly used wild cards are the asterisk ( * ) and the question mark ( ? ). | ||
When you use Wildcard DNS, you make it possible for any subdomain to be redirected to your main website. | When you use Wildcard DNS, you make it possible for any subdomain to be redirected to your main website. | ||
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* Add a subdomain called * | * Add a subdomain called * | ||
* Set the document root to public_html folder. | * Set the document root to public_html folder. | ||
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Wildcard DNS subdomains are useful when you want to redirect all visitors to your main website despite the exact subdomain name they try to access your website through. | Wildcard DNS subdomains are useful when you want to redirect all visitors to your main website despite the exact subdomain name they try to access your website through. | ||
This is also useful in case someone mistypes www for example and writes ww.yourdomain.com. | This is also useful in case someone mistypes www for example and writes ww.yourdomain.com. | ||
In other words, with wildcard DNS subdomains all users trying to access your site through ww.yourdomain.com or wwwwww.yourdomain.com will be redirected to your webpage.</div> | In other words, with wildcard DNS subdomains all users trying to access your site through ww.yourdomain.com or wwwwww.yourdomain.com will be redirected to your webpage.</div> | ||
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