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WHY WONT MY HOSTS ZONE EDITOR LET ME DO THE ONE THING A WEBSITE BUILDER ASKS??

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Accepted solution by Kenji R. — Check what teh apex currently resolves to: dig A example.com +short and compare with dig CNAME www.example.com +short. A leftover A record…
  1. Tess
    @early_forge

    moved my site to a webiste builder this weekend. www.mydomain loads perfectly. but type the domain without www and it times out.

    This site can't be reached

    This site can't be reached
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DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

    the hosts docs say to add a CNAME for teh root domain, but my hosts zone editor refuses and says a CNAME cannot coexist with other records. i dont want to lose visitors who type the short version. whats teh correct way to handle this? id love to understand the why, not just copy another record from a forum. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Esme S.
    @siliconsmith

    does a free DNS provider offer ALIAS, ANAME or flattening anywhere in the rceord types?

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  3. Tess
    @early_forge
    in reply to @siliconsmith

    my hosts zone editor only offers A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT. no ALIAS anywhere. sorry for the wall of text lol

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  4. Liv S.
    @liv_subnet

    yeahhh the DNS rules dont allow a CNAME at the zone apex cuz the apex already holds SOA and NS records, thats why a free DNS provider rejects it 🔥 you need either a provider feature that fakes it (ALIAS, ANAME or CNAME flattening) or plain A/AAAA records pointing at teh IPs ur host documents for apex domains.

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  5. Kenji R.
    @kenjir81
    Accepted solution

    Check what teh apex currently resolves to: dig A example.com +short and compare with dig CNAME www.example.com +short. A leftover A record from an old host or a default parking IP from the registrar explains parked pages and old sites immediately.. lol delete those once teh correct records are in place.

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  6. Tess
    @early_forge
    in reply to @kenjir81

    @kenjir81 wowww ok moved DNS to a provider with CNAME flattening, kept teh registration where it was, apex points at a website builder and redirects to www cleanly. thank u thank u thank u

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