4.02 Mapping a domain name to your site
You can use any domain name that you own with your site
To map a domain:
- Click Site settings
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Site Settings
- Click Domain mapping
- Click Map a domain or click the + button
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Domain mapping
- Map your domain using your domain provider's control panel. These control panels differ between providers but the process remains the same:
- For the domain you want to map, go to the DNS settings page.
- If you want to point the www subdomain to your website (for example www.mydomain.com), add a CNAME record, setting the host to ‘www’ and pointing to XXX
- If you want to point the naked domain to your website (for example mydomain.com), add an A record, setting the host to ‘@’ and pointing to XXX
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How to map an external domain
- Click the Test Mapping button to check if the DNS is setup correctly. DNS changes can take anything from two minutes to 24 hours, but typically happen in less than 2 hours
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- When the test passes, click Map domain to create the mapping
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Map domain
Doc ref | Author | Date |
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400.02 | JM | 16th February 2017 |
Updated over 7 years ago