Connecting a 101 Subdomain to Your Strikingly Site

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This guide walks you through connecting your subdomain to your Strikingly site. If your domain doesn't start with "www.", such as shop.example.com or blog.example.com, this tutorial is for you. 

  • If you're connecting a domain that starts with "www.", you can visit Connecting Domains to Your Strikingly Site.
  • You can send this tutorial to your registrar’s support team if you need help. Or, contact us anytime for additional help. 

 

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Step 1: Connect to Your Subdomain on Strikingly

  1. Go to your Strikingly site editor and click SETTINGS > Domains.
  2. Enter your subdomain in the "Custom Domain/Subdomain" box, such as "shop.yourdomain.com". (without https:// or http:// or /).
  3. Click UPDATE.
  4. Choose 101 Domain as your domain provider, and click “Start Configuration”.
  5. You will see a popup that displays the records you'll need to set in your domain settings.

 

Step 2: Find Your Registrar's DNS settings

  1. Sign in to your 101 Domain account.
  2. Click the "Domain Names" tab.mceclip5.png
  3. Select the domain name that you want to connect to your Strikingly site.mceclip0.png
  4. Click the "Manage DNS Records" button in the "Name Server & Records" section.mceclip1.png

 

Step 3: Clean up your DNS records

  1. Look for any CNAME record named with your hostname and delete it.



Step 4: Add a CNAME record

  1. Look for +New Record and select CNAME type
  2. Copy the relevant information from Strikingly and paste it into the corresponding places, as shown in the image below.

 

Step 5: Confirm your setup is complete

  1. After you’ve confirmed the above setup, go back to your Strikingly site editor and click the "I've fixed, check again" button in the popup.
  2. If you've configured your DNS settings correctly, the popup will close and the domain status will show as "connected".
  3. If you haven't configured your DNS correctly, a popup will display the error status, and you should go back to step 3 to reconfigure the DNS records correctly.


If your site doesn't go online after 48 hours, contact us at support@strikingly.com or chat with us and include a screenshot of your domain settings so we can help!

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