redirecting domain...use A frame or CNAME?

lippardj

I am trying to get my registrar to redirect to my SM. They will be glad to do so but replied back "
Another thing to note is that we'd be better off pointing your domain to an IP address as A records tend to be more reliable than CNAME records."

I am not sure what to tell them to do.

If we go with CNAME do we redirect to domains.smugmug.com ????


If we use A frame do we redirect to 208.79.45.23 ?????

Sorry for all the questions but I am reading all this help page stuff and the more I read the more confused I get.....

BeachBill

lippardj wrote:

If we go with CNAME do we redirect to domains.smugmug.com ????

CNAME pointing to domains.smugmug.com is the correct way to go.

The IP address of domains.smugmug.com could change without notice and that would cause your domain to stop working.

Andy

lippardj wrote:

I am not sure what to tell them to do.

If we go with CNAME do we redirect to [/FONT][/SIZE]domains.smugmug.com ????


If we use A frame do we redirect to 208.79.45.23 ?????

Sorry for all the questions but I am reading all this help page stuff and the more I read the more confused I get.....

Our help page specifically and exactly says both of these things so yeah, go ahead

CNAME to domains.smugmug.com and A-Record (not A-Frame) to our IP Address.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts

lippardj

Andy wrote:

Our help page specifically and exactly says both of these things so yeah, go ahead

CNAME to domains.smugmug.com and A-Record (not A-Frame) to our IP Address.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/professional-accounts

Sorry for the dumn questions.....I have read the help page and most of it is, well a foreign language to me......Thanks for your help.

Andy

lippardj wrote:

Sorry for the dumn questions.....I have read the help page and most of it is, well a foreign language to me......Thanks for your help.

NO QUESTION IS DUM
You wanted confirmation, so I wanted to give it