A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, that holds data in human-readable form and not code. It may be created for a domain or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of confirming that you're the owner of a particular domain and one of them is by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and that you will need to use as the record value. The same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your web sites as well. Of course, in this situation the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally used when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your email addresses so that you can prevent them from being forged. In this case, the record contains info showing that a certain digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any other information also, such as your business details, for instance.

TXT Records in Shared Hosting

All it takes to set up a new TXT record on our end is a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, so if you use a shared hosting account from our company, you can set up the record via a very user-friendly interface even though you may have never done this before. After you sign in to your Control Panel, you'll need to head to the DNS Records section using which you can manage all of the records related to your Internet domain names and subdomains, click on the New button and in the pop-up that shall appear, simply pick the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and type the text you require for the record. We also have a detailed Help article, but if you are not sure what you should do, our 24/7 tech support shall help you and set up the needed record for you. The latter will be functioning within the hour, in case you are verifying your website, for example, you may ask the search engine to check your site again shortly after the record has been created.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new TXT record could be created for any domain name or subdomain which you have added to a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the Hepsia CP, offered with all the accounts created on our innovative cloud platform, will permit you to do that easily no matter your level of understanding of such matters. All domains/subdomains you have shall be listed in alphabetical order inside a drop-down menu, so once you select the one that you need and you select TXT as the record type, you'll only have to type in the text that will be the actual record and you'll be set. This is done within the DNS Records section of the Control Panel and if you have any problems, you can find a step-by-step tutorial within the same section. Our technical support team shall also be there for you 24/7 and they can help you with any questions you may have. Within an hour the new record will be operational, so you can carry on with the task you require it for.