Host your help center on a subpath

Subpath hosting lets you publish your help center on your main website domain, using a path like yourdomain.com/help, yourdomain.com/docs, or yourdomain.com/support.

Instead of sending visitors to a separate subdomain like help.yourdomain.com, your help center stays inside your existing website structure. This is useful if you want your documentation, support articles, or FAQ content to live under your main domain for SEO, branding, and a smoother customer experience.

With Notiondesk, you can enable subpath hosting from your dashboard, then connect it to your website using a proxy, CDN or server configuration.

1. What is subpath hosting?
   1. Subpath vs subdomain
2. Before you start
   1. Requirements
3. Enable subpath hosting in Notiondesk
   1. 1. Open your help center settings
   2. 2. Enable the Subpath option
   3. 3. Choose your provider
   4. Supported setup guides

What is subpath hosting?

Subpath hosting lets you serve your help center from a path on your existing website domain.

For example:

yourdomain.com/help

This means your main website keeps handling the rest of your pages, while Notiondesk handles only the help center path.

Subpath vs subdomain

There are two common ways to host a help center:

Before you start

Before enabling subpath hosting, make sure you have everything needed to connect your website.

Requirements

You need:

• An existing Notiondesk help center

• Access to your main website configuration

• Access to your hosting, proxy, CDN or server settings

• A subpath you want to use for your help center, for example: /help, /docs or /support

Enable subpath hosting in Notiondesk

You can enable subpath hosting from your Notiondesk dashboard.

1. Open your help center settings

From your Notiondesk dashboard, go to: Settings > General Then scroll to the Domains section.

2. Enable the Subpath option

In the Domains section, enable the Subpath switch.

Once enabled, you will see the setup instructions for your help center.

3. Choose your provider

Select or copy the instructions for the provider you use to host your main website.

Notiondesk provides setup instructions for:

• Cloudflare

• Vercel / Next.js

• AWS CloudFront

• Nginx

• Caddy

Use the generated instructions to configure your website proxy, CDN, or server.

The exact setup depends on your provider, but the goal is always the same: forward your selected subpath to your help center.

Supported setup guides

The setup depends on the provider you use for your website.

Use the dedicated guide for your provider:

• Set up subpath hosting with Cloudflare

• Set up subpath hosting with Vercel

• Set up subpath hosting with AWS CloudFront

• Set up subpath hosting with Nginx

• Set up subpath hosting with Caddy