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Lets assume that your domain is ''testing.me.uk''.
Lets assume that your domain is ''testing.me.uk''.


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You will already have a CNAME DNS entry for 'www.testing.me.uk' set to 'www-server.co.uk'. However, by default we do not create a record for just 'testing.me.uk' so one will need to be created. This needs to be an 'A Record' and needs to point the the IP of our webserver.
Reason behind this:
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You will already have a CNAME DNS entry for 'www.testing.me.uk' set to 'www-server.co.uk'. However, by default we do not create a record for just 'testing.me.uk' so one will need to be created.


We then need to tell the webserver to redirect visitors to your website with the 'www'.
We then need to tell the webserver to redirect visitors over to your website with the 'www', hence the redirect file.


==Setting up the Redirect==
=Setting up the Redirect=


==Creating the DNS Entry:==
==Creating the DNS Entry:==
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