Connecting a Network Solutions 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 Network Solutions DNS settings
• Step 3: Clean up your DNS records
• Step 4: Add a CNAME record on Network Solutions
• Step 5: Add an A record on Network Solutions
• Step 6: Confirm your setup is complete

 

Step 1: Connect to Your Custom Domain on Strikingly

1. Go to your Strikingly site editor, click SETTINGS > Domains.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter your custom domain in the "Custom Domain/Subdomain" box, such as "yourdomain.com" (without https:// or http:// or /).
   
   
   
   
3. Click "UPDATE".
   
   
   
   
4. Choose "Network Solutions" 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 Network Solutions DNS settings

1. Sign in to your Network Solution account.
2. Click the "Domain Name".
   
   
   
   
3. Scroll down and click "Advanced Tools".
   
   
   
   
4.  Find the “Advanced DNS Records” option and click "Manage".
   
   
   

 

Step 3: Clean up your DNS records

1. Look for any CNAME record named "www" and delete it.
   
   
   1. Click on the pencil icon of the record.
      
      
      
      
   2. Click “Delete” 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 “Delete” in the upper right corner.
      
      

 

Step 4: Add a CNAME record on Network Solutions

1. Click “Add record”.
   
   
   
   
2. Set CNAME as the record type.
   
   
   
   
3. Set the "Refers to" dropdown 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 Network Solutions

1. Click “Add record”.
   
   
   
   
2. Set the "Type" dropdown to "A".
   
   
   
   
3. Select "@" in the "Refers to" dropdown.
   
   
   
   
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 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. 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!