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GoDaddy - DNS Setup

Tomas
posted this on May 26, 2011 11:41

Login to your your GoDaddy Domain Manager

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Locate your domain you want to configure and click it to load the domain details page.

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Click on the Launch link under the DNS Manager. You will need to ensure that GoDaddy is hosting your DNS. Please contact GoDaddy if Total DNS is not available.

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For this example, we are configuring the sub-domain "www". You can create any sub-domain you'd like such as "shop.yourdomain.com".

Edit the existing www record. If this record does not exist, click on the "Add New CNAME Record"

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Enter your subdomain you want to use in the Alias Name box. Next, enter the host name to point to. This is your store domain that was created at the time of registration.

Once you have finished, click the "Save Zone File" button.

How to configure the root domain with forwarding (recommended)

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From the main domain details screen, click on the "Manage" link for forwarding.

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Enter www.yourdomain.com in the forwarding box to forward http://yourdomain.com/ to http://www.yourdomain.com

How to configure the root domain with an A record

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Edit the host labeled "@" and change the "Points to IP Address" value to 64.202.189.170.  Do not change the host name. Once completed, click the Save Zone File button.

 

How to add a custom domain to Highwire

To add your custom domain, log in to your dashboard and go to Settings>Domain Hosting. If you have an existing domain, click the button ‘Add Existing Domain’. If you have not registered a custom domain but would like to register one, this can be done by clicking the button ‘Register New Domain’.