DNS provider guide
Namecheap: add the client portal records
How to publish the two DNS records for your client portal address at Namecheap. Each record below is written the way Namecheap asks for it.
Before you start
Name servers at Namecheap usually look like dns1.registrar-servers.com. If yours look different, your DNS is run elsewhere: see how to find your DNS host in the full guide.
- Host records can be edited only while the domain uses Namecheap BasicDNS, PremiumDNS or FreeDNS. With Namecheap Web Hosting DNS, add the records in cPanel instead. With custom name servers, add them where those name servers are managed.
- Switching name servers does not carry host records across, so add the records after any switch.
Where Namecheap shows the name servers
Domain List, Manage, then the Nameservers section shows which DNS the domain uses.
Fill in your own values
Enter the address you added in Atlas, and paste the TXT value Atlas shows for it. Every record on this page and on the provider guides then shows your exact values. What you enter stays in this browser.
For example portal.yourfirm.com, without https:// in front of it.
Copy it from the card of your address in Atlas. It starts with atlas-portal-verification=
Your domain is read as yourfirm.com. If your DNS provider shows a different domain at the end of the name field, enter only the part of the name before that domain.

Open the DNS editor
Sign in at Namecheap, then follow this path:
Add the TXT record
Choose Add New Record.
In Type (TXT Record), choose TXT.
In Host, enter the name shown in the record below.
In Value, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Leave the TTL as it is.
Choose Save All Changes to save the record.
- Namecheap adds your domain to every name automatically. Typing the domain as well produces a name with the domain in it twice.
TXT record
Proves that your firm controls this address.
- Type (TXT Record)
TXT- Host
_atlas-portal.portalFull name: _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
- Value
Copy this value from the Atlas screen, or paste it above to see it here. It is unique to your firm.
- TTL
Leave the TTL as it is.
Add the CNAME record
Choose Add New Record.
In Type (CNAME Record), choose CNAME.
In Host, enter the name shown in the record below.
In Value, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Leave the TTL as it is.
Choose Save All Changes to save the record.
- The value must be a full domain name, which portal.wrxstack.com is.
CNAME record
Sends visitors of this address to your client portal.
- Type (CNAME Record)
CNAME- Host
portalFull name: portal.yourfirm.com
- Value
portal.wrxstack.com- TTL
Leave the TTL as it is.
How Namecheap names the fields
| Atlas shows | TXT record | CNAME record |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Type (TXT Record) | Type (CNAME Record) |
| Record name | Host | Host |
| Record value | Value | Value |
| Name form | The part before your domain | |
Things to watch at Namecheap
- A CNAME record blocks every other record for the same Host. Remove any A, URL Redirect, ALIAS or CNAME record on your portal name first.
Check that it worked
Go back to Atlas and choose Check now on the card of your address, or ask DNS yourself:
dig +short TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
dig +short CNAME portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=CNAME portal.yourfirm.comNamecheap suggests waiting about 30 minutes for new host records.


Official help from Namecheap
The help articles Namecheap publishes on these steps. If the screens at Namecheap have changed, follow them.
- How do I add TXT/SPF/DKIM/DMARC records for my domain?www.namecheap.comOfficial help
- How to Create a CNAME Record For Your Domainwww.namecheap.comOfficial help
- Why Email, Domain Redirect and Host Records cannot be changed in a Namecheap accountwww.namecheap.comOfficial help
- How to Change DNS For a Domainwww.namecheap.comOfficial help
What this guide could not confirm
The help pages of Namecheap do not state the following. Where a label is missing above, look for the field described here.
- The TTL choices are not described in the articles.
Other providers
The notes about Namecheap are in English, because they quote the labels Namecheap shows on its screens. Back to the full guide