Configuring domains on GoDaddy

Advanced - Adding custom domains

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Use the following information to help you configure your domains or subdomains on GoDaddy.

Pointing your domain

1. Log in to http://www.godaddy.com.
2. Select the My Account tab, and then click Domains.
3. Click the domain name that you want to use with Drupal Gardens, and then click the Manage Domain link for that domain name.
4. Select Forward from the domain toolbar, and then click Forward Domain.
5. Follow the instructions to forward your top-level domain (for example, example.com) to www.example.com.

   Note: This step may take a few minutes to reset.

   After the process is complete, you'll see that your domain is now being forwarded to www.example.com.

6. In the DNS Manager section, click the Launch link.
7. If your domain name was previously pointed at another server or service, you may have to clear any changes to its CNAME records. GoDaddy provides a Restore Defaults link for this purpose.
8. For a GoDaddy-registered domain to be forwarded to another domain name, its "A Record" must point to the IP address 64.202.189.170. To do this:
   1. Click any of the edit links that appear when you mouse over the A (Host) section.
   2. In the Host field, enter @.
   3. In the Points to field, enter 64.202.189.170.
9. Point www.example.com to your Drupal Gardens website.
   1. Click any of the edit links for "www" in the CNAMES (Aliases) section.
   2. The entry for Host should remain www.
   3. In the Points to field, enter your Drupal Gardens domain name (for example, example.drupalgardens.com).

   Note: It can take up to 24 hours for domain forwarding changes to take effect.

After the changes above have been propagated, you can add your custom domain name to Drupal Gardens.

Important: You must add the www version of your domain name to your Drupal Gardens domain since it is the www CNAME record that is pointing to Drupal Gardens, not your top-level domain name, which is forwarded to the www version.

Pointing your subdomain

You can also point a "subdomain" of your domain name to your Drupal Gardens site. For example, you could run example.com on any web platform or service and a subdomain on Drupal Gardens or even multiple Drupal Gardens websites as subdomains of a single domain name.

To create a subdomain and CNAME alias:

1. Log in to http://www.godaddy.com.
2. Select the My Account tab, and then click Domains.
3. Click the domain name that you want to use with Drupal Gardens, and then click the Manage Domain link for that domain name.
4. Click Quick add at the bottom of the CNAME list.
5. In the Host field, enter the subdomain.
6. In the Points to field, enter your Drupal Gardens site name.
7. Click Save Zone File.

After the changes above have been propagated, you can add your custom domain name to Drupal Gardens.

Since the subdomain itself is pointing to your Drupal Gardens site, add it as-is to your Drupal Gardens site in the domain manager (for example, if your subdomain is planets.drupal-space.com, don’t add the www).

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