{"id":9455,"date":"2023-01-03T07:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T07:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/?page_id=9455"},"modified":"2023-01-06T02:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:26:30","slug":"domain-faq-dns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/domain-faq-dns\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211; domain-faq-dns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9455\" class=\"elementor elementor-9455\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-304adb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"304adb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5cf952\" data-id=\"b5cf952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5030e46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"5030e46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d03e490\" data-id=\"d03e490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd60fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd60fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Help<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/faq-domain\">Domain<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-025e9b7\" data-id=\"025e9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-199c9524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"199c9524\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b070c2b\" data-id=\"b070c2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77b193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d77b193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wpb_row w-animate w-start_animation\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>DNS, which stands for domain name system, controls your domain name\u2019s website and email settings. When visitors go to your domain name, its DNS settings control which company\u2019s server it reaches out to.<\/p><p>For example, if you use Buydomains.com.ph\u2019s DNS settings, visitors will reach Buydomains.com.ph\u2019s servers when using your domain name. If you change those settings to user another company\u2019s servers, visitors will reach them instead of us when visiting your domain.<\/p><h3>What I\u2019m seeing is more complicated than that\u2026<\/h3><p>DNS can be confusing. It\u2019s made up of many different elements that control different aspects of your domain name. Here\u2019s a quick explanation of each one:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><th>DNS Element<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 1em; width: 20em;\">Nameserver<\/td><td><p>Nameservers \u201cpoint\u201d your domain name to the company that controls its DNS settings. Usually, this will be the company where you registered the domain name.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, if your website is hosted by another company, sometimes they will provide nameservers you need to point to instead.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zone File<\/td><td><p>Zone Files are simply the files that store all of your domain\u2019s DNS settings.\u00a0<\/p><p>Your domain name\u2019s Zone File is stored on the company\u2019s nameserver.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A Record<\/td><td><p>A Records point your domain name to an individual server using an IP address. An example IP address is 123.4.67.5.\u00a0<\/p><p>Every domain name has a primary A Record called \u201c@,\u201d which controls what your domain name does when some visits it directly.<\/p><p>You can also use A Records to point subdomains (for example\u00a0<em>subdomain.coolexample.com<\/em>) to a server\u2019s IP address.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CNAME<\/td><td><p>CNAMEs point your subdomains to another server using a server name, like\u00a0<em>server1.secureserver.net<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p><p>Most domain names have many CNAMEs.<\/p><p>Unlike A Records, CNAMEs cannot use IP addresses.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MX Records<\/td><td>MX Records point your domain name\u2019s email to its email provider.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>If your domain name uses our nameservers, you can view or change your domain name\u2019s DNS through us.<\/p><h2>Next step<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/manage-dns-zone-files\/\">Manage DNS zone files<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"container rec-posts\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help \/ Domain DNS, which stands for domain name system, controls your domain name\u2019s website and email settings. When visitors go to your domain name, its DNS settings control which company\u2019s server it reaches out to. For example, if you use Buydomains.com.ph\u2019s DNS settings, visitors will reach Buydomains.com.ph\u2019s servers when using your domain name. 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