docs: Document the alt CNAME approach

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This additionally requires your repository to have a file named `CNAME` that contains This additionally requires your repository to have a file named `CNAME` that contains
the domain to use (`cooldomain.rio` in this case). the domain to use (`cooldomain.rio` in this case).
### Alternate CNAME Domains
If there is a situation where you want to use a CNAME redirect on a (sub-) domain,
where having a CNAME is not feasible, you can configure an "alternate CNAME".
This is a special TXT record that contains the "CNAME" you want to specify.
```
; Example for Bind
cooldomain.rio. 3600 IN A <IPv4 of rio>
_rio-cname.cooldomain.rio. 3600 IN TXT "cname=user.pages.example.org"
```
### Repository Redirects ### Repository Redirects
If you have multiple repositories with pages (and you use a CNAME), you can additionally If you have multiple repositories with pages (and you use a CNAME), you can additionally