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Avoid Mucking Up DNS
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How to Avoid Mucking Up Your DNS

Last updated on August 16, 2018 by Sal Ferrarello

At WordCamp Lehigh Valley 2018, I presented How to Avoid Mucking Up Your DNS.

When I started working with websites, modifying DNS settings terrified me. We’ll discuss the things I wished I knew then: A records, CNAMEs, TTLs, name servers, and how to test these things. We’ll look at things I broke and how the problems could have been avoided. Like so many things, DNS settings don’t need to be feared, they need to be understood.

If you didn’t have a chance to join us , I’ll be posting the WordPress.tv video when it becomes available.

Resources

  • How to Avoid Mucking Up Your DNS slides
  • My post Command Line DNS Lookup with Dig, which is a summary of some of the most common dig commands I use
  • As mentioned in this talk, this is the Trailing Periods in DNS Domain Names conversation on Stack Exchange
  • Online dig – DNS lookup Google Apps tool

Photo Credit

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Sal Ferrarello
Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)
Sal is a PHP developer with a focus on the WordPress platform. He is a conference speaker with a background including Piano Player, Radio DJ, Magician/Juggler, Beach Photographer, and High School Math Teacher. Sal can be found professionally at WebDevStudios, where he works as a senior backend engineer.

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