Root domain, subdomain or subdirectory

Just curious if it matters at all where Dolphin is placed. I'm going to add it as a community solution for a health and fitness site I'm working on. There's already a site set up for the company and we're adding the community to it. Dolphin will of course have it's own database where ever it's placed I was just curious about the pros and cons or which is the best place to have the script - It's own domain with a link from the main fitness site: A sub-domain of the main site: Or a sub-directory of the main site.

What are your thoughts?

Howdy,

Where ever you place it will be perfectly ok.  Since it will be a feature of your site and not your main site, you will have a link on the homepage to your community where ever you decide to place it.  http://www.yourdomain.com/community for example will work perfectly ok.  If you want to create a sub-domain for it, then http://community.yourdomain.com will work to.  May make it a little easier to remember and type in for members who want to go directly to your Dolphin script.

It is just what ever you prefer.  Hope this helps!

Thanks jctwebsites - I didn't think it made a difference but wanted to make sure. As I said above, Dolphin will have it's own database for sure though.