{"id":96,"date":"2017-11-12T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T11:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/?p=96"},"modified":"2017-11-12T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T11:14:39","slug":"manage-dns-zone-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/manage-dns-zone-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage DNS zone files"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can change which service your domain uses for its website and email by managing its\u00a0DNS<\/a>\u00a0records (also known as\u00a0zone file records<\/strong>). How you access your DNS records depends on where your domain is registered and hosted. Use the table below to find the scenario that’s applicable to your situation and follow those instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
If your domain is<\/th>\nFollow these instructions…<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com and using IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com nameservers (either hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com or\u00a0not yet<\/em>hosted anywhere)<\/td>\nSee the\u00a0Working with DNS records<\/strong>\u00a0table below<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com, but hosted at another company and using their nameservers<\/td>\nYou’ll need to manage DNS through your hosting company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Registered with another company, but hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com and using IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com nameservers<\/td>\nLog in to your hosting account using the instructions in\u00a0Manage DNS for your hosting account<\/a>, then see the\u00a0Working with DNS records<\/strong>\u00a0table below<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neither registered nor hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com (using DNS Hosting – formerly called “Off-Site” DNS)<\/td>\nManage DNS zone files for your domain registered at another company<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Working with DNS records<\/h2>\n

Click on the link for the type of record you would like to add, change, or delete:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Note:<\/strong>\u00a0If your domain is\u00a0registered at another company<\/strong>, please click on the link below for the DNS record you’d like to add, change, or delete and follow the\u00a0Domains registered<\/a> at another company<\/strong>\u00a0set of instructions at the bottom of that article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Type of Record<\/th>\nWhat it’s for<\/th>\nAdd, Change or Delete<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
A Record<\/td>\nConnects an IP Address to a host name<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CNAME Record<\/td>\nAllows more than one DNS name for a host<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MX Record<\/td>\nEnsures email is delivered to the right location<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NS Record<\/td>\nContains the nameserver info<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TXT Record<\/td>\nProvides additional info about a host or more technical info to servers<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SRV Record<\/td>\nFinds computers that host specific services<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AAAA Record<\/td>\nProvides IP addresses that do not fit a standard A Record format<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SPF Record<\/td>\nUsed to help prevent against spam<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAA Record<\/td>\nUsed to prevent anyone from obtaining an unauthorized SSL certificate for your domain<\/td>\nAdd<\/a>;\u00a0Change<\/a>;\u00a0Delete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\u00a0Warning:<\/strong>\u00a0Any DNS changes you make can take up to 48 hours to reflect on the Internet.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can change which service your domain uses for its website and email by managing its\u00a0DNS\u00a0records (also known as\u00a0zone file records). How you access your DNS records depends on where your domain is registered and hosted. Use the table below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,41],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cheap-domain-registration","category-nameservers-and-dns","tag-ou-can-change-which-service-your-domain-uses-for-its-website-and-email-by-managing-its-dns-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}