The Zone Editor in cPanel lets you manage DNS records for your domains. You’ll use this when pointing a domain to an external service, verifying domain ownership, or configuring email authentication.
Your domain must be using SpeedyPage’s nameservers for these records to take effect. If your domain uses third-party nameservers, manage DNS records there instead. Add a DNS record
Open the Zone Editor
Log in to cPanel through your client area or at yourdomain.com/cpanel. Go to Domains and click Zone Editor. Select the domain
Find the domain you want to modify and click Manage.
Add a record
Click Add Record. A new row appears at the top of the table. Select the record type from the Type dropdown, fill in the required fields, and click Save Record.You can also click the arrow next to Add Record to pick a specific record type directly.
Edit or delete a record
To edit a record, click Edit next to it, update the fields, and click Save Record.
To delete a record, click Delete next to it and confirm with Continue.
Deleting the wrong record can break your website, email, or other services. If you’re unsure what a record does, don’t delete it.
Record types
A record
Maps a domain or subdomain to an IPv4 address. This is the most basic DNS record. It tells the internet where your website lives.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Name | The hostname, for example example.com. or subdomain.example.com. |
| Address | An IPv4 address, for example 192.0.2.1 |
AAAA record
Same as an A record, but maps a domain to an IPv6 address.
CNAME record
Creates an alias that points one hostname to another. Often used to point subdomains to external services.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Name | The alias hostname, for example shop.example.com. |
| Record | The target hostname, for example shops.myplatform.com. |
A CNAME record must point to a hostname, not an IP address. You also cannot create a CNAME for the root domain (example.com) — use an A record instead.
MX record
Controls where email for your domain is delivered. If you use a third-party email provider like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, you’ll need to update your MX records to point to their mail servers.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Priority | A number that sets the order mail servers are tried. Lower numbers are tried first. |
| Destination | The mail server hostname, for example aspmx.l.google.com. |
TXT record
Stores text data that other services read. TXT records are used for domain verification, email authentication, and various integrations.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Name | The hostname, usually your domain name |
| Record | The text value provided by the service you’re configuring |
SRV record
Specifies a host and port for specific services, such as SIP or XMPP.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Priority | The record’s priority (lower is higher priority) |
| Weight | Ranking among records with the same priority |
| Port | The port number for the service |
| Target | The hostname of the server providing the service |
CAA record
Controls which certificate authorities are allowed to issue SSL certificates for your domain.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|
| Issuer Critical Flag | 0 (non-critical) or 1 (critical — blocks issuance if the CA doesn’t understand the record) |
| Tag | issue, issuewild, or iodef |
| Value | The CA’s domain, for example letsencrypt.org |
If no CAA records exist, any CA can issue certificates for your domain. If you add a CAA record, make sure to include one for letsencrypt.org so that AutoSSL can continue issuing free certificates for your account.
Common scenarios
Verify domain ownership
Services like Google Search Console and Microsoft 365 ask you to prove you own a domain by adding a TXT record. Add a TXT record with your domain as the Name and paste the verification string they provide as the Record value.
Set up SPF
An SPF record tells mail servers which servers are allowed to send email on behalf of your domain. Add a TXT record with your domain as the Name and the SPF value as the Record, for example:
v=spf1 +a +mx include:spf.speedy.page -all
Set up DKIM
DKIM adds a digital signature to outgoing email so recipients can verify it wasn’t tampered with. Your email provider will give you a CNAME or TXT record to add, usually with a name like default._domainkey.example.com.
Set up DMARC
DMARC tells receiving mail servers what to do when an email fails SPF and DKIM checks. Add a TXT record with the name _dmarc.example.com and a value like:
v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com
Point a subdomain to an external service
To point a subdomain like shop.example.com to a platform like Shopify or Squarespace, add a CNAME record with shop.example.com. as the Name and the target hostname provided by the platform as the Record.
DNS changes usually propagate within a few minutes on SpeedyPage’s nameservers, but it can take up to 48 hours for all DNS resolvers worldwide to pick up the change.
