[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":465},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-your-domain":3,"help-related-\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-your-domain":456},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":434,"description":447,"extension":448,"meta":449,"navigation":450,"order":451,"path":452,"seo":453,"stem":454,"__hash__":455},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-your-domain.md","Connect your domain",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":436},"minimark",[9,33,36,41,68,72,94,110,120,124,131,169,172,176,186,244,293,300,304,313,345,356,360,363,374,380,386,390,428],[10,11,12,13,17,18,22,23,32],"p",{},"When your site goes live, it gets an address that ends in ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},".pages.dev",", like ",[19,20,21],"code",{},"yourbusiness.pages.dev",". It works right away, and it keeps working after you connect your own domain. This guide moves your own web address, like ",[14,24,25],{},[26,27,31],"a",{"href":28,"rel":29},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourbusiness.com",[30],"nofollow","www.yourbusiness.com",", over to your new site.",[10,34,35],{},"It takes about 10 minutes of work. Help from us is free at every step.",[37,38,40],"h2",{"id":39},"before-you-start","Before you start",[42,43,44,51,57],"ul",{},[45,46,47,50],"li",{},[14,48,49],{},"Know where you bought your domain."," That's your domain provider, like GoDaddy, Namecheap or Squarespace. Look for a yearly renewal email or charge if you're not sure. You need to be able to sign in there.",[45,52,53,56],{},[14,54,55],{},"No domain yet?"," Buy one from any domain provider. It usually costs $10–20 a year. Then follow the steps below.",[45,58,59,62,63,67],{},[14,60,61],{},"Moving from an old website?"," Add ",[26,64,66],{"href":65},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fredirects","redirects"," for its old page addresses first and publish, so old links and Google searches land on the right new page.",[37,69,71],{"id":70},"_1-type-your-domain-in-your-dashboard","1. Type your domain in your dashboard",[73,74,75,78,84],"ol",{},[45,76,77],{},"Sign in to your dashboard.",[45,79,80,81,83],{},"On your site, click ",[14,82,5],{},".",[45,85,86,87,90,91,83],{},"Type your domain, like ",[19,88,89],{},"yourbusiness.com",", and click ",[14,92,93],{},"Connect",[10,95,96,97,102,103,105,106,109],{},"Your site will be at ",[14,98,99],{},[26,100,31],{"href":28,"rel":101},[30],", and ",[19,104,89],{}," will forward there. To use a different address, like ",[19,107,108],{},"shop.yourbusiness.com",", type that instead.",[10,111,112,113,116,117,83],{},"Your site is set up for the domain in a few seconds. The page then shows the next steps, with your own values filled in, and follows along as you do them. You can also get there from the editor: choose ",[14,114,115],{},"Domain"," in the left menu, then ",[14,118,119],{},"Open the Domain page",[37,121,123],{"id":122},"_2-open-your-domains-dns-settings","2. Open your domain's DNS settings",[10,125,126,127,130],{},"The Domain page names the company that runs your domain's DNS and shows where to click. Sign in there and find the domain's ",[14,128,129],{},"DNS"," settings. Each provider names them a little differently:",[42,132,133,141,158],{},[45,134,135,138,139,83],{},[14,136,137],{},"GoDaddy:"," your domain list, then the domain, then ",[14,140,129],{},[45,142,143,146,147,150,151,154,155,83],{},[14,144,145],{},"Namecheap:"," ",[14,148,149],{},"Domain List",", then ",[14,152,153],{},"Manage"," next to the domain, then ",[14,156,157],{},"Advanced DNS",[45,159,160,163,164,150,166,83],{},[14,161,162],{},"Squarespace Domains"," (including domains that used to be on Google Domains): the domain, then ",[14,165,129],{},[14,167,168],{},"DNS settings",[10,170,171],{},"Can't find it? Search your provider's help for \"add a CNAME record\".",[37,173,175],{"id":174},"_3-add-a-cname-record-for-www","3. Add a CNAME record for www",[10,177,178,179,181,182,185],{},"Add a new record with these values. The Domain page in your dashboard (and the ",[14,180,115],{}," screen in the editor) shows them with your site's real address filled in, and a ",[14,183,184],{},"Copy"," button next to each one.",[187,188,189,202],"table",{},[190,191,192],"thead",{},[193,194,195,199],"tr",{},[196,197,198],"th",{},"Setting",[196,200,201],{},"What to enter",[203,204,205,216,226,236],"tbody",{},[193,206,207,211],{},[208,209,210],"td",{},"Type",[208,212,213],{},[19,214,215],{},"CNAME",[193,217,218,221],{},[208,219,220],{},"Name (or Host)",[208,222,223],{},[19,224,225],{},"www",[193,227,228,231],{},[208,229,230],{},"Value (or Points to, or Target)",[208,232,233,234],{},"your site's address, like ",[19,235,21],{},[193,237,238,241],{},[208,239,240],{},"TTL",[208,242,243],{},"leave it at the default",[42,245,246,254,268,279],{},[45,247,248,251,252,83],{},[14,249,250],{},"There's already a www record?"," Change it to these values, or delete it and add the new one. You can't have two records named ",[19,253,225],{},[45,255,256,259,260,263,264,267],{},[14,257,258],{},"Leave every other record alone."," Records of the type ",[14,261,262],{},"MX"," and ",[14,265,266],{},"TXT"," run your email. Changing only the www record keeps your email working.",[45,269,270,273,274,276,277,83],{},[14,271,272],{},"Some providers add your domain to the name for you."," Type just ",[19,275,225],{},", not ",[19,278,31],{},[45,280,281,284,285,288,289,292],{},[14,282,283],{},"Your DNS is at Cloudflare?"," Set the record's ",[14,286,287],{},"Proxy status"," to ",[14,290,291],{},"DNS only"," (a gray cloud).",[10,294,295,296,299],{},"Once you save it, the Domain page says ",[14,297,298],{},"We see your record",". That can take a few minutes.",[37,301,303],{"id":302},"_4-forward-the-address-without-www","4. Forward the address without \"www\"",[10,305,306,307,309,310,312],{},"People also type ",[14,308,89],{}," without the ",[19,311,225],{},". Send them to your site:",[73,314,315,330,338],{},[45,316,317,318,321,322,325,326,329],{},"In your domain provider's account, find ",[14,319,320],{},"Forwarding"," (sometimes called ",[14,323,324],{},"Redirect"," or ",[14,327,328],{},"URL redirect",").",[45,331,332,333,288,335,83],{},"Forward ",[19,334,89],{},[19,336,337],{},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourbusiness.com",[45,339,340,341,344],{},"If it asks, choose a ",[14,342,343],{},"permanent (301)"," redirect.",[10,346,347,348,351,352,355],{},"Some providers can only forward links that start with ",[19,349,350],{},"http:\u002F\u002F",". If ",[19,353,354],{},"https:\u002F\u002Fyourbusiness.com"," doesn't open your site after a day, or your provider has no forwarding, email us. We'll move your domain's DNS to Cloudflare (free) with you, including your email records, and the address without www will work too.",[37,357,359],{"id":358},"_5-we-switch-your-site-over","5. We switch your site over",[10,361,362],{},"You can close the page now. We check every 15 minutes. When your domain works, we:",[42,364,365,368,371],{},[45,366,367],{},"set up the padlock (a secure connection), so there's nothing to buy",[45,369,370],{},"switch your site's search and sharing settings to your domain, so Google lists your own address",[45,372,373],{},"email you that your site is live at your domain",[10,375,376,377,83],{},"It usually takes under an hour. It can take up to a day, because computers remember the old setting for a while. To see the latest, open the Domain page and click ",[14,378,379],{},"Check now",[10,381,382,383,385],{},"If we don't see the record within 14 days, we stop waiting and the Domain page says so. Fix the record, then click ",[14,384,93],{}," again.",[37,387,389],{"id":388},"if-something-isnt-right","If something isn't right",[42,391,392,398,404,416,422],{},[45,393,394,397],{},[14,395,396],{},"You see your old website."," Your browser or network may still remember the old setting. Wait an hour, then try on your phone with Wi-Fi turned off.",[45,399,400,403],{},[14,401,402],{},"The Domain page says your record points somewhere else."," There's an old www record. Change it to the values in step 3.",[45,405,406,409,410,412,413,83],{},[14,407,408],{},"You see an error page from Cloudflare."," Open the Domain page and click ",[14,411,379],{},". If it still shows an error after a day, email ",[414,415],"support-email",{},[45,417,418,421],{},[14,419,420],{},"Your email stopped working."," A record other than www was changed or deleted. Email us right away (from another address if you need to) and we'll help you put it back, free.",[45,423,424,427],{},[14,425,426],{},"Your provider's screens look different."," Email us a screenshot of the DNS page and we'll tell you exactly what to click.",[10,429,430,431,435],{},"Domain help from a person is always free. See ",[26,432,434],{"href":433},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fgetting-started","Getting started"," for other ways to get help.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":438,"depth":438,"links":439},"",2,[440,441,442,443,444,445,446],{"id":39,"depth":438,"text":40},{"id":70,"depth":438,"text":71},{"id":122,"depth":438,"text":123},{"id":174,"depth":438,"text":175},{"id":302,"depth":438,"text":303},{"id":358,"depth":438,"text":359},{"id":388,"depth":438,"text":389},"Use your own web address, like www.yourbusiness.com, for your new site. Your email keeps working.","md",{},true,20,"\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-your-domain",{"title":5,"description":447},"help\u002Fconnect-your-domain","txW5z4CcSLjxB3j-m6NvuQSoac97tmN01VS_ZltJxyE",[457,460,463],{"path":458,"title":459},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fstart-without-a-website","Start without a website",{"path":461,"title":462},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fconvert-my-site","Convert your current website",{"path":433,"title":464},"Getting started with the editor",1792990988837]