A CNAME, short for Canonical Name, record is an entry in the Domain
Name System (DNS) that specifies where a author can find your web
pages, or any other URL. You'll use this to associate your custom
domain with your blog. A CNAME specifies that the domain name
is an alias of another canonical domain name. With a CNAME record,
multiple domain names to be pointed to another domain which can be
managed over a single or in Compendium's case, several
IP addresses/DNS servers.
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As an Administrator, you are responsible for setting your CNAME
record during the Getting Started process in order for your blogs
to appear at your domain.
In order to accomplish this, you must create the blog subdomain and
point the CNAME record for the subdomain to www.compendiumblog.com.
If you do not manage your domains, you will need to work with your
domain administrator or manager by forwarding these instructions to
them. If you manage your domains through your registrar, you can
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If everything is working properly within a network, you should not
notice any of the following status code errors. However,
sometimes DNS (Domain Name System) issues arise and status code
errors are displayed.
Definitions of the various Status Codes:
301 Moved Permanently: Indicates that the requested resource
has been assigned a new permanent URL.
(This is what
Compendium used prior to 3/3/10).302 Found/Moved Temporarily: Indicates that the requested
resource resides temporarily under a...
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