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Domain namesDNS works quietly whenever someone visits your website or sends your business an email. This beginner’s guide explains resolvers, nameservers, caching and domain changes using practical examples, then shows how to separate a DNS fault from a hosting problem.
Domain namesYour website, business email and connected services depend on different DNS records. Learn what A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS records actually do, how to recognise the right values, and how to change them without disrupting unrelated services.
Domain namesDNS records connect a domain to the services behind it. Use this practical reference to understand the main record types, read the name and value fields correctly, and distinguish website destinations, mail routing, verification and nameserver delegation.
Domain namesDNS turns a familiar hostname into information your device can use to connect to a service. Follow a complete uncached lookup step by step, see where cached answers shorten the process, and learn how to distinguish a DNS failure from a website problem.
Domain namesDNS is a business dependency that often becomes visible only when it fails. Learn how resolvers, authoritative servers and caching affect your website and email, and how to manage the domain, provider and change processes that keep services reachable.
Domain namesPointing a domain at a host can mean changing website records or moving the whole DNS service. This guide helps you choose the appropriate method, prepare the hosting account, preserve email and test the result from DNS through to the live website.
Domain namesNominet runs the .uk registry, while your registrar usually handles everyday domain management. This guide explains the difference, the policies and infrastructure behind your address, and the practical responsibilities that remain with the person or organisation registering it.
Domain namesA nameserver change moves responsibility for the whole DNS zone. Follow this migration runbook to prepare the new provider, preserve website and email records, coordinate DNSSEC, update delegation and confirm that the new service answers correctly.
Domain namesThere is no universal DNS template for every business. This guide shows how to build a documented baseline for your actual website, email and applications, choose sensible operating settings, and check changes without copying another organisation’s records.
Domain namesConnecting a UK domain means adding the right records in its authoritative DNS service. Follow this practical setup guide to find the correct panel, configure the website and email, preserve existing services and verify the answers that the internet receives.
