Example Walkthrough

The following is an example walkthrough of setting up a domain for a client that is keeping registration and DNS. For this example, we'll assume the client's code is StLucy, their domain is saintlucy.com and their registrar/DNS is Network Solutions.

  1. Add saintlucy.com as a new domain to the site.
  2. Enable hosting of the www subdomain.
  3. Add a redirect at the apex (saintlucy.com) with a target URL of http://www.saintlucy.com/
  4. Send the client the DNS changes they need to make:
    • change the apex (saintlucy.com) to a A record pointing to 54.83.55.79
    • change the www subdomain (www.saintlucy.com) to a CNAME with a host of stlucy.w.solutiosoftware.net.
  5. Wait for the client to make the DNS changes. You can use the DNS Tools server to verify the changes have been made. 
    DNSTools> dig +short @ns85.worldnic.com. www.saintlucy.com
stlucy.w.solutiosoftware.net.
  6. Enable HTTPS on the domain.
  7. Turn on automatic HTTPS.
  8. If the previous site was hosted at https://saintlucy.com, enable HTTPS on the redirect to forward visitors coming from search results and old bookmarks.
  9. The site is fully launched, congratulations!

TIP: Some DNS control panels don't accept the last period (known as the full stop) of the CNAME host. In this case, it can be left out.

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