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Connecting Your SITES Site to a Namecheap Domain

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Written by Scott Spargo

If you use Namecheap to host your domains, the steps needed to add a custom domain in SITES vary a little from what you would do on most enterprise registrars. But no need to fear, as long as you follow these steps:

  1. In website settings, make sure to enter in your custom domain without www at the front, e.g. https://example.com
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  2. Publish your website
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  3. Reach out to SITES Customer Success (either your rep via email or on the support chat) to let them know you want to add a custom domain. Once you give them your domain (example.com), they will give you two values to create a new CNAME record in Namecheap. This CNAME is to create the SSL certificate for your site, NOT to point the site to SITES.
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  4. Once you've added that CNAME, let your SITES contact know, and they will provide you with a Cloudfront url to point your domain to SITES. This requires you to make two additional DNS entries in Namecheap:
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    ​Create an Alias record with the following:

    NAME: @

    VALUE: [your unique cloudfront url]
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    Create a CNAME with the following:

    NAME: www

    VALUE: [your unique cloudfront url]

And with that, your site is live and secure on SITES!
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