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Hi,<br />
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I have an Amazon S3 account in which I have stored the CSS and images for a webpage.<br />
When trying to reference these in my webpage there appears to be two ways of doing it.<br />
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Some instructions indicate that you should just reference the image directly: -<br />
<a href="http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.MyURL.co.uk/MyBucket/image.png" rel="ugc nofollow">http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.MyURL.co.uk/MyBucket/image.png</a><br />
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Some instructions indicate that I should create a sub domain and then use a CNAME record to point at Amazon.<br />
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Could someone please explain, which is the preferred method and why?<br />
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Regards<br />
William
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Hi,

I have an Amazon S3 account in which I have stored the CSS and images for a webpage.
When trying to reference these in my webpage there appears to be two ways of doing it.

Some instructions indicate that you should just reference the image directly: -
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.MyURL.co.uk/MyBucket/image.png

Some instructions indicate that I should create a sub domain and then use a CNAME record to point at Amazon.

Could someone please explain, which is the preferred method and why?

Regards
William

Do I need to Use a CNAME

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.