Connecting a Gandi Subdomain to Your Strikingly Site

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. 

Catalog

• Step 1: Connect to Your Custom Domain on Strikingly
• Step 2: Find Your Registrar's DNS settings
• Step 3: Clean up your DNS records
• Step 4: Add a CNAME record
• Step 5: Confirm your setup is complete

Step 1: Connect to Your Custom Domain on Strikingly

1. Go to your Strikingly site editor and click SETTINGS > Domains.
2. Enter your custom domain in the "Custom Domain/Subdomain" field, such as "shop.yourdomain.com" (without https:// or http:// or /).
3. Click UPDATE.
4. Choose Gandi as your domain provider and click “Read Tutorial".
    

1. 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 Gandi account.
2. Click Domain on the left.
3. Select the domain name that you want to connect to your Strikingly site.
4. Click the "DNS record" tab at the top.

Step 3: Clean up your DNS records

1. If there are any existing CNAME records with your target hostname, you must delete them. If there aren't any, move onto the next step.

Step 4: Add a CNAME record

1. On the same page, click Add.
2. Select CNAME type.
   
3. 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 pop-up.
2. If you've configured your DNS settings correctly, the pop-up will close and the domain status will show as "connected".
3. If you haven't configured your DNS correctly, the popup will display the error status, and you should go back to step 3 to reconfigure the DNS records correctly.         

Take note that any DNS changes may take within 24–48 hours to update. Make sure to monitor the DNS records to ensure it updates correctly.