Can I suggest an edit?
It would be great, by using different colors, or just pointing it out, what is shown in your browser, and what is served.
E.G if I use a CNAME (does C stand for Canonical? 🤔) redirecting www.example.com to example.com, you can make it clearer with colors that the host www typed into the address bar will be shown in place of the domain without it, which, in turn, will show the actual content on the server.
TYPE HOST URL (in browser) DOMAIN (served)
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A Record @ example.com -> 104.198.14.52
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CNAME Record www www.example.com -> example.com
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CNAME Record blog blog.example.com -> example.herokudns.com
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That way, it's easier to understand that:
URL IN BROWSER ACTUAL CONTENT SERVED
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www.example.com -> example.com -> 104.198.14.52
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Chris, awesome post, straight to the point. 🙌🏼
Can I suggest an edit?
It would be great, by using different colors, or just pointing it out, what is shown in your browser, and what is served.
E.G if I use a
CNAME(does C stand for Canonical? 🤔) redirectingwww.example.comtoexample.com, you can make it clearer with colors that the hostwwwtyped into the address bar will be shown in place of the domain without it, which, in turn, will show the actual content on the server.That way, it's easier to understand that:
And, again, thanks for the super useful wrap-up!
This is a great way to visualize/explain it. Thanks!