Implicit and Explicit URL Records

Overview

This document describes how to perform implicit/explicit URL forwarding. To point a domain name to another existing website, you need to add a URL record.

Note:
This document takes redirecting http://www.dnspod.cn to http://cloud.tencent.com/ as an example.

• Implicit forwarding uses the iframe technology but not redirect technology. The effect is when http://www.dnspod.cn is entered in the address bar of the browser and Enter is pressed, the website content opened will be that of the destination address http://cloud.tencent.com/, but the address bar will show the current address http://www.dnspod.cn.

Note:
If the destination address doesn't allow to be nested, implicit forwarding cannot be used.

• Explicit forwarding uses the 301 redirect technology. The effect is when http://www.dnspod.cn is entered in the address bar of the browser and Enter is pressed, the website content opened will be that of the destination address http://cloud.tencent.com/, and the address bar will show the destination address http://cloud.tencent.com/ .

Directions

1. Log in to the DNSPod Console.

2. In "My Domains", click the domain for which to configure implicit/explicit forwarding to enter its Record Management page as shown below:
   

3. Click Add Records and enter the following record information as shown below:

• Implicit forwarding:
  

• Explicit forwarding:

  

  • Host: enter a subdomain prefix.
  • Type: select "Framed URL" or "URL".
  • Split Zone: select "Default"; otherwise, the domain may not be resolvable for certain users.
  • Value: it must be a complete address, that is, it must contain the protocol and domain and can contain the port number and resource locater, such as https://www.dnspod.com:80/.
  • ** Weight**: leave it empty.
  • MX: leave it empty.
  • TTL: it is the cache time and 600s by default. The smaller the value, the faster the change to the record will take effect in various regions.

6. Click Confirm.