Connecting a Register.com domain to Your Strikingly site

This guide walks you through connecting your domain to your Strikingly site. 

• If you're connecting a subdomain that doesn't start with "www.", such as “mysubdomain.mydomain.com”, please visit Connecting Subdomains 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 Register.com DNS settings
• Step 3: Clean up your DNS records
• Step 4: Add a CNAME record on Register.com
• Step 5: Add an A record on Register.com
• Step 6: 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" box, such as "yourdomain.com". (without https:// or http:// or /)
   
   
   
   
3. After entering your domain name, click "UPDATE".
    
   
   
4. Choose "Register.com" as your domain provider, and click "Start Configuration".
   
   
   
   
5. You will see a popup displaying the records you must set in your domain settings.
   
   

Step 2: Find Register.com DNS settings

1. Sign in to your Register.com account.
2. Click the "Domain Name" button from the left panel menu.
   
   
   
   
3. Scroll down and click "Advanced Tools".
   
   
   
   

4. Find the “Advanced DNS Records” item and click “MANAGE”.
   
   

Step 3: Clean up your DNS records

1. Look for any CNAME record named "www" and delete it.
   
   
   1. Click the pencil icon to edit the record.
      
      
      
      
   2. Click the “DELETE” link in the upper right corner.
      
      

 

2. Look for any A records named “@” and delete them.
   
   
   1. Click the pencil icon to edit the record.
      
      
      
      
   2. Click the “DELETE” link in the upper right corner.
      
      

 

Step 4: Add a CNAME record on Register.com

1. Click the “Add record” button.
   
   
   
   
2. Then select the CNAME type.
   
   
   
   
3. Choose refers to www.
   
   
   
   
4. Copy the relevant information from Strikingly and paste it into the corresponding fields, as shown in the image below.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the TTL as 1 hour.
   
   
   
   
6. Click "Add".

 

Step 5: Add an A record on Register.com

1. To add A record, click on “Add record”.
   
   
   
   
2. Select A type.
   
   
   
   
3. Select refers to @.
   
   
   
   
4. Copy the relevant information from Strikingly and paste it into the corresponding fields. Check the screenshot below.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the TTL as 1 hour.
   
   
   
   
6. Click "Add".

 

Step 6: 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 configure 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!