¶ Configuring a domain alias
By default, when your customer launches a Design Online session, the domain name displayed at the top of his browser will be that of the Designer Server hosting your account. You can configure your account so that the domain name displayed in the customer's browser is a variation of your domain name, as shown in the image below:
Modifying the domain name displayed in the customer's browser requires 3 steps:
1. Select new domain name to be used for Design Online sessions
You can register a completely new domain name or you can select a 3rd-level domain name. A 3rd-level domain name is your normal domain name with a single word prepended.
2. Configure your account with this new domain name
The image below illustrates entering the new domain name into the Account page:
3. Configure a new DNS record for the new domain name
¶ DNS configuration for new domain
For the new domain name you select, you will need to create a DNS record for the domain name. There are 2 types of DNS records you can create:
- A record
- CNAME record
For an A record, point the new record to the IP address of the Designer Server hosting your account. For a CNAME record, point the record to the full domain name of the Designer Server hosting your account.
Example:
The domain name for our site is: piezoman.com
The domain name to host our Design Online sessions is: design.piezoman.com
The Designer Server hosting our account is: ma4.printscience.net
The image below illustrates creating a new CNAME record using the GoDaddy interface:
