go to the What's Next section<\/a> for figuring out when the update has worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdd an A Record to GoDaddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Let's point yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com to your hosting account from GoDaddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Log into GoDaddy and find your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you're in the My Products<\/em> section, click \"DNS\" next to your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you're in the My Domains<\/em> section, click the three dots, then click \"Manage DNS\".<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhichever path you took, you'll end up at the DNS Managment<\/em> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou'll probably see an A record for \"@\" (which is the root of the domain) pointing to \"Parked\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click the pencil icon next to the A Record you want to edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look for \"Points to\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Change \"Points to\" to the IP address of your host. You should have received that in an email when you setup the hosting. The IP address will be a set of four numbers, separated by periods, but with no period at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be sure to click \"Save\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That should be all you need to do at GoDaddy to point the A Record to your host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add an A Record to Namecheap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Let's set the A Record at Namecheap to point to your domain. The end result we want is for yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com to point to your hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Log in to Namecheap, find your domain, then click \"Manage\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go over to the Advanced DNS<\/em> tab and click \"Add New Record\".<\/p>\n\n\n\nChoose \"A Record\", if it's not already selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set the Host to \"@\" and the Value to the IP address of your host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You should have received the IP address when you setup the hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leave the TTL<\/em> (\"Time To Live\") as the default.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBe sure to click the check mark to save the record<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now we need to get rid of Namecheap's default parking records. I'm assuming your have a URL Redirect Record<\/em> for @ pointing to the www subdomain of your site and a CNAME<\/em> record for the www to parkingpage.namecheap.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you have a different setup here, make sure you note down what's there and only proceed if you understand the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click the trash icon next to the URL Redirect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click \"Yes\" to confirm deletion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next to the CNAME record for www, click the entry in the value<\/em> column to edit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChange the value to whatever your domain is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click the check mark to save the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your setup should look something like this, with a CNAME<\/em> record for www pointing to your domain and an A Record for @ pointing to your hosting IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat's next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n When you're finished, use a DNS Propagation check<\/a> to see whether the record has updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"Propagation\" means to update all the records across the internet so that when someone types in your domain, the host is shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can take up to 48 hours to fully propagate, but I find it's usually about an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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