Glossary: CNAME

By: Monday, December 13, 2010
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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Administrator: Setting Your CNAME Record

By: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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 find...Read More »
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FAQ: Status Code Definitions

By: Monday, November 29, 2010
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...Read More »
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