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Old September 26th, 2003, 07:14 AM
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Question Subdomain on virtual host
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I have just signed up for ADSL with a provider. They have given me a domain name and webspace.

I'd like to create subdomains using their online tool.

It currently gives me the following options:
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Configure additional DNS records for domain [yoursite].co.uk

| Left field | Type | Pri | Right field|


I'm unsure at to exactly what I need to enter.

I'm guessing that I need to enter the subdomain in the left field, CNAME in the Type, and [yoursite].co.uk in the right field.

Please can someone let me know if this is correct?

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Old September 27th, 2003, 11:12 AM
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Why don't you read their documentation?

Anyway, you should NOT use CNAME records at all. I can't justify this from my head, but I have read several articles and books that had good reasons.

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Please can someone let me know if this is correct?

Hardly anybody but your provider or people with the same provider. "left side" and "right side" are no professional wording...
... but I guess "yes"

"pri" is definitively for Mail eXchanger entries only because they are the only records I know of that have a PRIority setting.

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Actually, they don't have any documentation.

I've learned a bit about it over the weekend. "Left side" and "Right side" do have meaning, they've been used by some DNS systems, along with PRI, which means priority.
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"Left side" and "Right side" do have meaning

Talking about what is on which side of the other, yes...
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Exactly. Left side and Right side of the CNAME/A and Pri information, exactly the same way you would script a DNS record manually.
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