Glossary

A

A record — A DNS record that points a hostname to an IPv4 address.

AAAA record — A DNS record that points a hostname to an IPv6 address.

Apex domain — The root of a domain, such as example.ch, without a subdomain like www.

AuthCode — The authorization code used to transfer a domain between registrars. It may also be called an EPP code or transfer code.

C

CAA record — A DNS record that controls which certificate authorities can issue certificates for a domain.

CNAME record — A DNS record that aliases one hostname to another hostname.

Coming-soon page — A free, fixed "Coming soon" page YWT puts on a domain registered at YWT in one click. It needs no hosting plan and is edited through three fields. See Put a page on your domain.

Create a page — The first option on an empty site's Edit tab. It builds a one-page website from a form, with no code. The result is a page (form). See Create a page without code.

Custom domain — A domain you connect to a YWT static site, such as example.ch or www.example.ch.

D

Deployment — A published snapshot of a static site's files. A previous deployment can be made live again with Restore this version, or viewed through a deployment preview URL.

Deployment preview — A public, noindex preview URL that serves one specific deployment version.

Draft — The files you change on a static site's Edit tab before you publish them. Publishing copies the draft into a new deployment. Older docs called this the workspace.

DNS — The Domain Name System, which maps human-readable hostnames to records such as IP addresses and mail servers.

DNSSEC — DNS Security Extensions. DNSSEC lets resolvers verify that DNS responses have not been tampered with.

DS record — A DNSSEC record stored at the parent zone, such as the .ch registry, to connect a domain to its DNSSEC signing key.

E

EPP — Extensible Provisioning Protocol. Registrars use EPP to communicate with registries for domain operations.

H

History — The page that lists a static site's deployments (versions). Open it from the History link on the site's Overview.

Hosting plan — A static hosting subscription tier such as Free, Starter, or Business.

N

Nameserver — A server that answers DNS queries for a domain. If your domain uses YWT nameservers, YWT's DNS manager controls the records.

P

Page (form) — A site built with Create a page or with Replace with a real page on a coming-soon page. You change it only through its form (business name, texts, services, hours, contact details, photo, colour scheme), not as code. It counts toward your plan like any other site and is marked with a Page badge in your list of websites. See Create a page without code.

Path redirect — A rule that sends visitors of one path on a static site, such as /feed.xml, to another address. Set up on the site's Settings page under Advanced; a coming-soon page has none. See Path redirects.

R

Registrant — The legal owner of a domain registration.

Registrar — A company authorized to register domains with a registry. YWT acts as a registrar for supported .ch and .li registrations.

Registry — The organization that operates a top-level domain. SWITCH operates .ch and .li.

Renewal — Extending a domain registration or hosting subscription before it expires.

S

Settings — A static site's page for its name, icon, path redirects, and deletion. Open it from the Settings link on the site's Overview or from the … menu. See Settings.

Share draft — The Edit tab action that creates a link to your current draft that works for 1, 7, or 30 days. Stop sharing makes every draft link created so far stop working. See Share a draft.

Site ID — The stable identifier and default subdomain chosen when a YWT static site is created. Renaming a site changes only its display name, never its site ID or subdomain.

Static hosting — Hosting for pre-built files such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, PDFs, JSON, XML, and text assets. Static hosting does not run server-side application code.

T

TLD — Top-level domain, such as .ch or .li.

TTL — Time to live. A DNS value that tells resolvers how long to cache a record before checking again.

U

URL forwarding — Redirecting a domain or subdomain to another URL.

W

WHOIS — A lookup system for domain registration information and lifecycle dates. Public WHOIS output is subject to registry and privacy rules.

Workspace — Older name for a static site's draft, the files you change on the Edit tab before publishing.

Workspace preview — A preview of your current draft before publishing, opened with Preview (a link that works for one hour) or shared with Share draft (1, 7, or 30 days) on the Edit tab. Anyone with the link can view the draft until it expires or you stop sharing. It is different from a permanent deployment preview.