Learn Domains from Registration to Website

This repository includes a book-length learning path. Product instructions and general education are separated so DigitalPlat capabilities are not confused with external DNS or hosting features.

Category A: DigitalPlat FreeDomain

1. About the FreeDomain Project
2. Dashboard Tour
3. What DigitalPlat Does
4. Create a DigitalPlat Account
5. Register a FreeDomain Name
6. Connect External Nameservers
7. Check Status and Renew
8. Manage Account Data and Policies
9. Use the API Safely

DigitalPlat registers domains and delegates them to external authoritative nameservers. Ordinary DNS records are managed outside DigitalPlat.

Category B: General Textbook

• Part 0: Beginner Foundations
• Part 2: External DNS
• Part 3: Website Building and Deployment
• Part 4: Email and Service Records
• Part 5: Operations and Security
• Part 6: Advanced Architecture and Reference

View every general textbook chapter

Part 0: Beginner Foundations

1. How to Use This Book
2. How the Internet Moves Data
3. Terminal and File Basics
4. Build a Safe Practice Environment
5. Plan Your First Website
6. Domain and DNS Fundamentals

Part 2: External DNS

1. Delegation and External Nameservers
2. DNS Record Types
3. Root Domains and Subdomains
4. TTL, Caching, and Propagation
5. DNS Troubleshooting

Part 3: Website Building and Deployment

1. HTML and CSS Foundations
2. How a Website Request Works
3. Build a Static Website
4. Test the Website Locally
5. Prepare a Linux Web Server
6. Deploy and Connect the Domain
7. Enable and Verify HTTPS
8. Dynamic Applications and Reverse Proxies
9. Accessibility and Search Basics
10. Performance and Caching

Part 4: Email and Service Records

1. Email DNS: MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
2. Verification and Service Records

Part 5: Operations and Security

1. Infrastructure Inventory and Change Management
2. Renewal and Expiration
3. Migrate Nameservers Safely
4. Registration Data and Privacy
5. Account and API Security
6. Acceptable Use and Abuse Response
7. Backups and Restoration
8. Monitoring and Incident Response
9. Server Hardening and Maintenance

Part 6: Advanced Architecture and Reference

1. API Automation Safety
2. Self-Hosted Authoritative DNS
3. Command Reference
4. Website Architecture Patterns
5. Reliability and Capacity Planning
6. Glossary
7. Standards and Further Reading

Practice and Assessment

• Integrated Capstone Project
  1. Project Brief and Architecture
  2. Build and Test the Site
  3. Register, Deploy, and Connect
  4. Secure, Monitor, and Back Up
  5. Final Acceptance and Handover
• Workbook and Practice Exercises
• Suggested Answers
• Troubleshooting Decision Trees
• Checklists and Templates

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