{"id":25,"date":"2017-11-08T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.marketingservices.dev\/?p=25"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:39:52","slug":"how-to-connect-a-custom-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.marketingservices.dev\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"How to connect a custom domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

To connect a custom domain, follow these steps<\/h2>\n

Part 1: Your domain and its Records<\/h3>\n
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  1. Purchase a domain from a Domain Registrar.<\/li>\n
  2. Find the Domain Registrar’s page for managing the DNS Records of your new domain<\/li>\n
  3. Edit or create a DNS Record for your new domain\n
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    • We recommend setting a CNAME Record with a value of host.websiteprohosting.com<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
    • If you require an A Record then the value should be 104.154.100.138<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Part 2: Configuring your Website Pro Site<\/h3>\n
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      1. Log into Website Pro and navigate to the\u00a0Domains<\/strong>\u00a0tab<\/li>\n
      2. Click Connect\u00a0a Domain<\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Enter the domain name you purchased. Click Add Domain.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      4. Website Pro will mark the new domain as Pending\u00a0<\/strong>while it verifies that the DNS records are correct. Once the DNS records have been verified (Website Pro checks for this automatically), your domain will show as Connected.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
      5. You will receive an email and see a notification in the\u00a0Recent<\/strong>\u00a0Activity\u00a0<\/strong>stream of\u00a0Business Center<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      6. You can also\u00a0Delete<\/strong>\u00a0added domains from this tab.<\/li>\n
      7. Once\u00a0it has been connected<\/strong>\u00a0requests for your new domain will be redirected to the Primary Domain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You have the ability to set any of your\u00a0connected<\/strong> domains to be the Primary Domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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        1. On the Domains<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n
        2. Find the domain in the list, expand the options menu on the right side, then click Make Primary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
        3. All of your domains will then redirect to this domain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n