DNS can be confusing. It’s made up of many different elements which control different aspects of your domain name.

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[tab title=”Nameserver”] Nameservers “point” your domain name to the company that controls its DNS settings. Usually, this will be the company where you registered the domain name.

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[tab title=”A Record”] A Records point your domain name to an individual server using an IP address. Like www.example.com might have IP @ 192.168.1.100

You can also use A Records to point subdomains (for example subdomain.coolexample.com) to a server’s IP address.

Every domain name has a primary A Record called “@,” which controls what your domain name does when some visits it directly. [/tab]

[tab title=”Zone File”] Zone Files are simply the files that store all of your domain’s DNS settings. Your domain name’s Zone File is stored on the company’s nameserver.[/tab]

[tab title=”CNAME”] CNAMEs point your subdomains to another server using a server name. Unlike A Records, CNAMEs cannot use IP addresses.Most domain names have many CNAMEs. [/tab]

[tab title=”MX Record”] MX Records point your domain name’s email to its email provider.[/tab]

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