A record what do i put i cant find anything about it
ok so basicly for my a record i need to put an ipv4 but what do i put for that ipv4 as ive tried my own ip ive tried some of cloudflares ip's but nothing works at all
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It depends on what you're trying to do. Your A record should be pointed at your hosting provider (if any)/web server, etc.
im new to this so im confused wym
An A record is basically saying "Hey, my web server is over here on this IP. You can contact it to load this website"
so you need to have a hosting provider or something else
What are you trying to do with your website?
just a simple store webpage
using what? wordpress? Did you pick a host?
i bought the webpage off namecheap and im using cloudflare
Cloudflare isn't a host for for web stores. For the most part, they're just a CDN or a magical speed layer that helps make things faster.
That is to say, your users connect to Cloudflare which connects to your actual host.
Did you get hosting from namecheap?
i did not get a hosting from name cheap what would you reccomend to use
is godaddy a hosting?
I don't use managed hosting personally. I wouldn't go with GoDaddy though, bad reputation. I would just google around and read reviews. It depends what you want really. The easiest would probably be Shopify with their managed stuff and they support custom domains, but you'd have to look into what fits your use case