Connecting a Bluehost 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 Your Registrar's DNS settings
• Step 3: Clean up your DNS records
• Step 4: Add a CNAME record
• Step 5: Add an A record
• 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 "Connect a Domain You Already Own" box, such as “yourdomain.com". (without https:// or http:// or /).
3. Click UPDATE.
4. Choose Bluehost as your domain provider, and click “Start Configuration”.
5. You will see a pop-up 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 Bluehost account.
2. On the sidebar panel, click My Domains.
3. Click the “Manage” button.
4. Click the "DNS" tab.

 

Step 3: Clean up your DNS records

1. Look at the A (Host) section. Try to find any records whose host record is @ and delete them.
   1. Click the three-dot button inline with the record.
   2. Click Remove to delete this record.
      
2. Look at CNAME (Alias) section. Try to find the record whose host record is www and delete it.
   1. Click the three-dot button inline with the record.
   2. Click Remove to delete this record.
      

 

Step 4: Add a CNAME record

1. Look for CNAME (Alias) section and click Add Record
2. Copy the relevant information from Strikingly and paste it into the corresponding places, as shown in the image below.

 

Step 5: Add an A record

1. Look ford A (Host) section and click Add Record
2. Copy the relevant information from Strikingly and paste it into the corresponding places, as shown in the image below.

 

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 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, 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!