{"id":745,"date":"2018-09-06T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wynta.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:58:50","slug":"007-whats-in-a-cname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wynta.com\/blog\/007-whats-in-a-cname\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in a CNAME?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plenty! A CNAME<\/strong> (Canonical Name) record essentially points a subdomain to another subdomain or domain name<\/strong>. The advantages of creating CNAME records is that if you change the IP address of an A (Host) record, all the CNAME records pointing to that A record then follow the new IP address without your having to make further changes in any more records.<\/p>\n

When you create your affiliate program\/ network on Wynta, one of the most fundamental and crucial steps is to create a CNAME record for your subdomain and have it point in the right direction, i.e. to your very own program<\/strong>! The assumption here is that the domain belongs to you and you’ve got access into your registrar account<\/strong> to make the relevant changes.<\/p>\n

Getting this done is easy, and will literally take only a minute or two for you to do, follow these steps:-<\/p>\n

1. Log in to your domain registrar account<\/strong>
\n2. Find the domain<\/strong> you wish to use for your program
\n3. Get to its DNS Management<\/strong> page
\n4. You will see a list of existing records, at the end of which you will have a link\/ button to Add a record<\/strong>. Click on it and select CNAME<\/strong> from the Type menu; you don’t need any of the others for your mission of the moment.<\/p>\n

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\n5. This should present a tiny form with blank fields you are expected to complete
\n6. In the Host <\/strong>field, type your subdomain<\/strong>; i.e. affiliates\/ partners\/ whatever you have in mind. Make sure you don’t use dots at the start or end; ensure you don’t use consecutive dots either. For example, none of these will do:- .affiliates, partners., affiliates…
\n7. In the Points to<\/strong> field, please enter the following:\u00a0ext.wynta.com<\/strong>
\n8. The best thing to do for the TTL<\/strong> field is to select Custom<\/strong> from the dropdown menu and input the Seconds as 600<\/strong> in its respective field
\n9. Click save<\/p>\n

NB: This could take up to 24 hours to propagate.<\/strong> You can check this further:-<\/p>\n

1. Go to this site<\/a><\/strong>
\n2. Enter the domain name (along with subdomain name) in the relevant field, select CNAME and click on Search
\n3. You will see a list of geos where this is completed.<\/p>\n

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If you don’t see ext.wynta.com along with the green ticks, please wait for 24 hours.\u00a0<\/strong>If you still don’t see them, please contact your domain registrar for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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