I am using MediaTemple web hosting and they are using Edgecast's CDN network. I am planning to join CDN service, so I read through the guide, but I am confused about the 'Update your code' section:

Does the CDN apply to my website automatically (without editing HTML) after I updated the DNS zone file? How can I control which files going through the CDN or not?

Also, I need to make sure it won't affect the Google Analytics results.


Yes, it applies to your website automatically. However if you want more control, then you need to "research more advanced configurations" (as they say) yourself, or ask in the forums.

One drawback with not doing anything else is


I wouldn't have thought it would affect Analytics, as Google's code is being loaded from their servers anyway, and if it's in the HTML files it doesn't matter which server it's actually coming from. I'd monitor it though to see if the number of visits change, for example.

  • Are you using ProCDN? Does it mean the CDN would automatically delivery static contents like images from CDN and non-static contents like HTML from original server? Thanks!! – RRN Aug 16 '12 at 15:15
  • Somebody using MaxCDN told me he need to edit the HTML files to control what files would download from CDN.. – RRN Aug 16 '12 at 15:17
  • I'm not using it, I've just been reading the manual. HTML is static. It would read dynamic content, like PHP pages from the original server. Controlling just what files download from the CDN sounds like advanced configuration. – paulmorriss Aug 16 '12 at 15:22
  • I see, did you setup other CDNs before? I wonder CDN would normally work without editing the code.. – RRN Aug 16 '12 at 15:38
  • It's all that DNS stuff that acts as a proxy so the user hits their server first which decides whether to give them the stuff that it's cached from your original site. – paulmorriss Aug 16 '12 at 15:43

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