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Fast start

Creating a property is a short guided wizard: name → origin → site type → domain (optional) → DNS. By the end of the third step your site is already being served through the CDN on its system hostname — connecting your own domain can happen now or later.

1. Name your property​

Click Create property and enter a name (lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, min. 3 characters).

The name becomes your property's system hostname:

your-name.prdrm.net

2. Add your origin​

Enter your origin — the server Paradarum pulls content from, e.g. origin.example.com.

You can change it later under General → Origin server. New properties send your custom hostname to the origin by default (the Auto Host header mode), so shared hostings serve your real site instead of their default page.

3. Choose your site type​

Pick what the property serves — WordPress, PrestaShop, another platform from the preset catalog, or Custom if none applies. The wizard seeds the matching cache and header rules for the platform you pick.

You choose — Paradarum never guesses

The site type is always your explicit choice. Paradarum does not probe or auto-detect your CMS; picking Custom simply starts you with the defaults, and you can apply a preset any time later from Quick Setup.

Every new property also starts with the Default — cache static assets rule (7-day TTL on common static extensions). Rules you add yourself — and any preset — take precedence over it.

At this point your site is live at https://your-name.prdrm.net — try it. The remaining steps attach your own domain and are optional.

4. Add your domain (optional)​

Enter your domain (e.g. www.example.com) in the wizard's Domain step — or click Skip and add it later from the Hostnames tab. Skipping changes nothing about delivery: the property keeps serving on your-name.prdrm.net.

5. Guided DNS​

The wizard shows the exact CNAME record to create at your DNS provider:

www.example.com   CNAME   your-name.prdrm.net

Create it (provider-specific steps: Connect your domain), then leave the wizard open — the panel polls your DNS automatically and, as soon as the record is visible, activates the hostname and issues the SSL certificate (Let's Encrypt). No retry-clicking needed.

DNS not ready? Finish anyway

You can close the wizard at any point. The hostname stays Pending until DNS resolves; verify it later from Hostnames → Retry — see Verify DNS and retry SSL.

Done — your site is now served through Paradarum.

Using a CMS?​

WordPress

Install the Paradarum CDN Purge plugin for WordPress to purge the cache automatically whenever you publish or edit content — and enable Serve static assets through CDN to offload your assets without touching DNS.

PrestaShop

Install the Paradarum CDN Purge module for PrestaShop to purge the cache automatically when products, categories or CMS pages change.

Next steps​