How to point your domain in various registrar's systems

The Quick Answer

  • If you bought your domain name from Zeald, using http://portal.zeald.com, you won't need to create a CNAME record as this is done for you automatically
  • If your domain is registered with another company, you'll need to follow company-specific instructions below
  • If you can't figure out how to do it, you will probably need to contact your registrar's tech support and ask them how to do it (or to do it for you) - unfortunately Zeald's support team aren't familiar with every possible registrar's systems


GoDaddy.com

  1. Log in to your account at www.godaddy.com.
  2. Open the Domains tab and select My Domain Names. You'll be directed to the Domain Manager page.
  3. Click the domain that you'd like to use with your website.
  4. Click the Total DNS Control And MX Records link at the bottom of the section entitled Total DNS.
  5. Click Add New CNAME Record in the box labelled CNAMES (aliases). If you've already created a CNAME record for your website's address, click the pencil icon next to the existing CNAME record.
  6. For the Name, enter only the subdomain of the address you want to use for your website. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your address, enter www here.
  7. Enter zes.zeald.com as the Host Name. Specify a TTL or use the default setting of 1 hour.
  8. Click OK, and then click OK again.
 

ix web hosting

  1. Log in to your account at ix web hosting.
  2. Click Manage below the Hosting Account section.
  3. On the left side, click the domain you'd like to use with your website.
  4. Next to DNS Configuration, click EDIT.
  5. Click Add DNS CNAME Record.
  6. Under Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your website's address, just enter www as the entry under Name.
  7. Enter zes.zeald.com under Data.
  8. Click Submit.

1and1

  1. Log in to your account at https://admin.1and1.com
  2. If it's not already selected, click the Administration tab.
  3. Click Domains. The Domain Overview page appears.
  4. From the New drop-down menu, select Create Subdomain. (If you've already created a subdomain for your website's address, skip to step six.)
  5. Enter only the subdomain you want to use, and click OK. For example, if you chose www.mydomain.com for your website's address, you should enter www here.
  6. Select the checkbox next to the subdomain that you will be using. (Example: www.mydomain.com)
  7. From the DNS menu, select Edit DNS Settings.
  8. Click the radio button next to CNAME.
  9. Enter zes.zeald.com next to Alias.
  10. Click OK.
 

EveryDNS.net

  1. Log in to your account at EveryDNS.net.
  2. On the left side, click the domain you'd like to use with your website.
  3. Since EveryDNS.net is your hosting service, and not your domain registrar, be sure that your domain points to EveryDNS.net's nameservers. This will allow your CNAME record configuration to take effect.
  4. Below Add a Record:, you can create your CNAME record.
  5. Next to Fully Qualified Domain Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your website's address, just enter www as the entry next to Fully Qualified Domain Name.
  6. Select CNAME as the Record Type.
  7. Enter zes.zeald.com as the Record Value.
  8. Click Add Record.
 

Yahoo!SmallBusiness

  1. Log in to your account at smallbusiness.yahoo.com.
  2. Click Domain Control Panel below the domain you'd like to use with your website.
  3. Click Manage Advanced DNS Settings.
  4. Click Add Record.
  5. In the Source field, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you designated www.mydomain.com as the address of your website, enter www in the Source field.
  6. Enter zes.zeald.com in the Destination field.
  7. Click Submit.
 

No-IP

  1. Log in to your account at No-IP.
  2. On the left side, click Host/Redirects.
  3. Click Manage underneath Host/Redirects.
  4. Click Add for a new entry, or click Modify and skip to step six for an existing entry.
  5. Enter the host name (example: www from www.mydomain.com), and select your domain name.
  6. Select DNS alias CNAME at the host type.
  7. Enter zes.zeald.com as the Target Host and click Modify.

DNS Park

  1. Log in to your account at DNS Park.
  2. On the left side, click DNS Hosting.
  3. Click the domain you'd like to use with your website.
  4. Since DNS Park is your hosting service, and not your domain registrar, be sure that your domain points to DNS Park's nameservers. This will allow your MX record configuration to take effect.
  5. Click Alias Records.
  6. Under Host Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. If you picked www.mydomain.com as your website's address, enter www.
  7. Under Destination Name, enter zes.zeald.com.
  8. Click Add Alias.
 

Other hosting services

  1. Log in to your account on your hosting service's website, and go to the DNS management page.
    Since CNAME records are special Domain Name Service (DNS) records, they may be in sections such as DNS Management or Name Server Management. It's possible that you will have to enable advanced settings to create a CNAME record.
  2. Delete existing CNAME entries for the address you want to use with your website.
    Before entering a new CNAME record to point to Zeald, you should first delete any existing entries for the same alias. If you plan to transfer an existing web address to websiteger, you may want to copy any content currently at that address elsewhere first.
  3. Use the information in the following table when you create your CNAME record.
    If your service requires you to enter server information directly into the DNS tables, the entry below needs to have a type CNAME associated with them.

     

    Host Name/Alias

    Value/Destination

    www zes.zeald.com
    * This is the part of your website's address that you designated. For instance, if you chose www.mydomain.com as the address, www is the host name.