Adding subdomains to a Plesk-managed domain

I alluded to this in an earlier post, but if you want to add a new subdomain to a domain, you have to add the DNS entry to the zone manually (i.e., just doing “Create Subdomain” isn’t sufficient). The steps are:

1. Create the subdomain in the Plesk Control Panel, under Domains -> <DOMAIN NAME> -> Subdomains
2. Open the Parallels Business Automation control panel, and under System -> Domain Management -> All My Domains -> Domain Name, choose the “DNS Zone” tab.
3. Click “New Record”
4. Enter the name, choose type A, and set the value to the same IP address as everything else.

Now, once you give your ISP a chance to catch up on the propagation, your new subdomain should be available.