Ramya is an intelligent and ambitious young woman with a deep passion for creating websites and a talent for crafting beautiful wool products. Determined to turn her creativity into a profitable business before landing a job, she decided to sell her products online.
So, she opted for a user-friendly platform like WordPress, Wix, or Blogger to simplify the process of building and managing a website rather than wasting time building an entire website from scratch.
Creating Her Website
Ramya began by selecting a platform and a theme that matched her brand's aesthetic. She then customized the site to display her wool products beautifully. During this phase, the platform provided her with a temporary domain to preview her work.
Once the website design and content were complete, Ramya purchased a custom domain, wool-clothes.com, through GoDaddy.
Configuring DNS for Her Domain
Ramya edited the DNS records to link her domain to the website platform. The platform automatically provided the following essential records:
A Record: (Maps the domain to the IPv4 address of the server)
The A Record maps her domain name (e.g., wool-clothes.com) to the IPv4 address of the hosting server provided by the website platform she chose (e.g., WordPress, Wix, or Blogger). - this is generally your site's IP address; GoDaddy gives this default, and you can't delete or edit it.
AAAA Record: Maps the domain to the IPv6 address of the server.
NS Record: Specifies the authoritative name servers for the domain.
NS (Name Server) Records specify which name servers are authoritative for the domain. These records ensure that DNS queries for wool-clothes.com are directed to the correct DNS servers.
CNAME Record: Maps subdomains to the main domain or another server.
The CNAME (Canonical Name) Record is used to map a subdomain (e.g., www.wool-clothes.com) to the root domain (wool-clothes.com) or another server provided by the platform.
Ramya followed the platform's guidelines to edit and map these DNS records appropriately. For instance, platforms like Google Blogger or Wix provided custom CNAME values, which she added.
Setting Up Redirection:
After successfully linking the domain, Ramya noticed a minor issue: entering wool-clothes.com did not redirect to www.wool-clothes.com. To ensure a seamless user experience, she configured a domain forwarding rule to redirect visitors automatically from the non-www version to the www version of her site.
After her website was live and accessible, Ramya's business flourished as customers flocked to her site.
Ramya quoted a quote: "Dream an idea, learn its depth, craft its form, and earn from its execution."
