Names.co.uk - DNS instructions
The instructions below are intended as a guide only.
Please make sure that you only have 1 A record for '@' (or blank) and 1 CNAME record for 'www'. If you have an A record for 'www' you should delete it.
Step 1. Login to your Names.co.uk account and select 'control panel' from the top menu.
2. From the left 'services' menu select 'domains & services'.
3. From the next page, select the domain name that you want to manage the DNS for.
4. Scroll to the section labelled A, CNAME records etc.
5. Look for an existing record (row in the table) which has a Type of A and where the Host name is blank. If there is one, follow the instructions below, if there isn't one then go to step 6.
Change the Result value to be 54.247.109.89.
6. Only follow this step if there isn't already an A Record which has a blank value in the Host name field. Find an empty row in the table.
Enter the values as follows
| Type |
A
|
| Host name |
[leave blank]
|
| Result |
54.247.109.89
|
As shown in the example below
7. Look for an existing record CNAME Record and where the Host name is set to www. If there is one, follow the instructions below, if there isn't one then go to step 8.
Change the Result value to be ecommercedns.uk.
8. Only follow this step if there isn't already an CNAME Record which has a value of www. Find an empty row in the table.
Enter the values as follows
| Type |
CNAME
|
| Host name |
www
|
| Result |
ecommercedns.uk
|
As shown in the example below
Once you've finished and the records look like the above screenshots click the save button at the bottom of the page.
The above two records will point your website's DNS records at our servers to show your website at your domain name.
Next, you should follow the guide here to verify your sending emails.