I bought a domain name on network solutions. I have a working app at blooming-summer-8571.herokuapp.com. I want my domain name on network solutions to point to this app. So in the CNAME records. It has a box for alias, ttl, and a drop down menu for @ (none) or www . Then there is another option you can check (instead of the drop down menu) to fill out an other host name.
So which is the alias? Should I check other host name and put in the heroku app's url? This is all done under my DNS settings for the domain I purchased so I assume that I don't have to fill it out anywhere? The online resources I have found are rather unhelpful.
A CNAME (Canonical Name) record is only for domains that you can control and points the canonical name to the correct domain name. What you need to do is point your domain to your Heroku app by following the steps in the following: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains
The article does state to use CNAME to point to blooming-summer-8571.herokuapp.com (cedar server)