It does not sound like that was good advice. I do not have the details, so I will assume normal circumstances where you have one registrar and a separate host.
If your domain name is registered with GoDaddy (or anyone really), you can host it within their DNS for free (assuming GoDaddy) and I recommend that. I always like to see the registrar host the DNS because often the DNS control panel is more advanced than host control panels though this is not always the case. The other reason is network stability and scale.
You will need:
- An A record for domain.tld that points to your sites IP address
provided by your host.
- A CNAME -or- an A record for WWW.
- _The CNAME would be a www or www.domain.tld alias that points to domain.tld.
- _The A record would be for www.domain.tld that is the same IP address as domain.tld.
- Optionally_
- An MX recrod that points to domain.tld for e-mail.
If you use your host for DNS, then things change only a little bit.
You will need:
- Everything above (MX is still optional).
- Changing the name server NS records in GoDaddys DNS to point to the
host name servers often something like ns1.domain.tld (host). You will always need two name servers and your host will provide these specific domain names.
It would much simpler to add the records to your registrars DNS simply because you would not have to change the registrars NS records to point to the hosts DNS servers. As well, The SOA record likely already exists within the registrar's DNS.
I think that would be all you need. Please let me know if I left anything out or if any of this is unclear. I can always update the answer.
