To configure a
wildcard A record, follow these instructions:
1. Login to the Netfirms Control Panel at https://controlpanel.netfirms.com
2. Click Domains
3. For the domain you wish to create a wildcard A record, click DNS Admin
4. Click A Record
5. Enter enter * in the field in front of
yourdomain.com
6 .Enter a dedicated IP address for your A record. If
you do not have a dedicated IP address, you may purchase one from Netfirms from your
Control Panel (Site Tools section).
NOTE: Wildcards will apply to
*.yourdomain.com except for www.yourdomain.com and yourdomain.com. To
ensure www.yourdomain.com also resolves to the IP address entered in step #6 above, follow these steps:
7. Repeat steps #3-4 above
8. Enter www in the field in front of your domain.com
9. Repeat step #6 above
To ensure yourdomain.com also resolves to the IP address entered in step #6 above, follow these steps to configure an .htaccess file to redirect all
requests for yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com:
10. Using Netfirms File Manager or a text editor (eg. Notepad), create/upload a file called .htaccess containing the following similar lines of coding (replace yourdomain.com with your actual registered domain hosted at Netfirms):
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com [R=permanent,L]
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