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Customizing DNS Zones

For each new domain name, your control panel automatically creates DNS zone in accordance with the configuration preset defined by your provider. The domain names should work fine with the automatic configuration, however if you need to perform custom modifications in the domain name zone, you can do that through your control panel.

To learn about modifying resource records in the DNS zone of a domain alias, refer to the Setting Up Additional Domain Names for a Site (Domain Aliases) section.

To view the resource records in a DNS zone of a domain:

  1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
  2. Click the DNS icon in the Services group. A screen will show all resource records for a given domain.

To add a new resource record to the zone:

  1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
  2. Click the DNS icon in the Services group.
  3. Click the Add New Record icon in the Tools group.
  4. Select a resource record type, and specify the appropriate data:
  5. Click OK to submit the data.

To remove a resource record from the zone:

  1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
  2. Click the DNS icon in the Services group.
  3. Select a check box corresponding to the record you wish to remove.
  4. Click Remove Selected.
  5. Confirm removal and click OK.

To restore the original zone configuration in accordance with the configuration preset defined by your provider:

  1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
  2. Click the DNS icon in the Services group.
  3. In the IP address drop-down box, select the IP address to be used for restoring the zone, specify whether a www alias is required for the domain, and click the Default button. The zone configuration will be recreated.

To modify the entries in the Start of Authority (SOA) record for a domain:

  1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
  2. Click the DNS icon.
  3. Click SOA Preferences.
  4. Specify the desired values:
  5. Click OK.