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1. Purchase a domain name. Make sure you have
registered the domain name with a registrar that offers custom
DNS services.
2. Every domain registrar is different in the way they are laid out, but, all will have a field for the following information, which you need to enter in to the relevant fields when logged in your domain registrar's website:
For your domain, you need the A name (e.g. yourdomainname.com) pointing to 92.60.117.57
You need the www CNAME pointing to yourdomainname.com (type in the domain name there without the w’s)
In tabular form for yourdomainname.com it’ll look like:
yourdomainname.com A 92.60.117.57
www CNAME yourdomainname.com
3. Once you have changed your settings, go to your SocialGO admin center and click on 'Network details'
4. Enter the name of the domain you have purchased in to the domain field.
2. Every domain registrar is different in the way they are laid out, but, all will have a field for the following information, which you need to enter in to the relevant fields when logged in your domain registrar's website:
For your domain, you need the A name (e.g. yourdomainname.com) pointing to 92.60.117.57
You need the www CNAME pointing to yourdomainname.com (type in the domain name there without the w’s)
In tabular form for yourdomainname.com it’ll look like:
yourdomainname.com A 92.60.117.57
www CNAME yourdomainname.com
3. Once you have changed your settings, go to your SocialGO admin center and click on 'Network details'
4. Enter the name of the domain you have purchased in to the domain field.
5. Hit 'Save changes' at the bottom of the
page
6. Wait. Domain changes may take up to 72 hours to take effect.
7. You can check the status of your domain by clicking the button labelled 'Check domain'
8. If the domain is set up correctly, you will get this message:
If you do not see the above message, then please check you have entered all of the data correctly, or contact your domain registrar.
6. Wait. Domain changes may take up to 72 hours to take effect.
7. You can check the status of your domain by clicking the button labelled 'Check domain'
8. If the domain is set up correctly, you will get this message:
If you do not see the above message, then please check you have entered all of the data correctly, or contact your domain registrar.
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12 Comments
Hi - I've got 2 boxes for name servers with my registar. What shall I put in them? Thanks, John
(actually its the Key at the bottom of the page... Im learning too)
MAKE SURE YOU ENTER AND REMEMBER AN "ACCESS CODE!!!"
Mark, If by 'live' you mean functioning while you migrate, in the admin go to Access Settings. at the bottom, Check "Maintenance mode" and even enter a message that your visitors will see while you are in this mode. This locks out everyone but you (maybe moderators) then when you are done, just un check it to open for biz.
Hi There I have a custom domain- eb5.net,which i found easy enough to set up. Problem is I don't want it 'live' whilst i'm working on it. Would appreciate any advice. Mark
i am new here. as everybody once was. I am trying to follow steps. to point my domain to this place. I have my domains in godaddy.com this aks for 2 nameservers. i don[t understand anything. I have pointed other domains to hostican, and others, they always give 2 nameservers. here i dont know from where to start.
Hi Eric, Aran, Yes, you can do this. So for example: myfirst.mydomain.com A 92.60.117.57 www.myfirst.mydomain.com CNAME myfirst.mydomain.com In your Admin Center: enter myfirst.mydomain.com That way, customers that enter www.myfirst.mydomain.com (those that think that everything must begin with www) will get to myfirst.mydomain.com - and thus be at your social network.
I'd like to repeat Eric's question - can we redirect from a subdomain?
another question . . . Let's say I have three different socialgo networks: myfirst.socialgo.com mysecond.socialgo.com mythird.socialgo.com And I have one domain -- www.mydomain.com can I point: myfirst.mydomain.com to myfirst.socialgo.com mysecond.mydomain.com to mysecond.socialgo.com mythird.mydomain.com to mythird.socialgo.com ??
Hi Tom, I have registered for my domain name at whois.com. I believe I have successfully changed my A name with my registrar, but I don't really understand the part about the cname. When I am about to 'add a cname', i see that i have to enter details in the "Name" field and "value" field. Please advise on what I should enter into either box, assuming i have registered ABC.com