Your Guesty Website's domain is like its street address; it lets other people find it. Setting up your Guesty Website's domain is very important as it allows people to visit your sites. Follow the instructions below to connect a custom domain that you already own to your Guesty Basic Website.
Note:
- This is a subscription with a $15 USD/month fee.
- By default, the site domain is set to auto-renew. Contact us if you would like to cancel your subscription.
Set up your domain in your domain host
- Once you have created your website, click Publish.
- In the pop-up, view the options for plans. Check the box to agree to the terms and click Continue to select a domain.
- In the next pop-up, click Use a domain you already own (make sure you added “www.” to the URL), and fill in the URL.
- Click Save.
- Guesty Websites will search for your domain host provider, and prompt you to log in with your provider (for example, GoDaddy).
Note:
If you encountered an error and need to set up your domain manually, refer to the "Manually Set up your Domain in your Domain Host" section below. - Type your login credentials for your domain host provider, and click Continue.
- Alternatively, if you do not own the login credentials, click Forward login to a colleague. Copy the link provided and send it to a colleague to complete the setup.
- You will receive a confirmation message that your domain is now configured. Click Done.
Note:
- Changes to your domain typically take less than a few hours to go live. However, it may take up to 48 hours.
- If a domain isn't using the registrar's default name servers, Guesty Websites may not be able to correctly add the records.
- Guesty Websites searches continually add more domain host providers. To see a list of all supported providers, see this documentation.
Manually set up your domain in your domain host
If you encountered an error or are asked to make a manual setup, you will be referred to make a manual setting at your domain host provider. You have to add two A records and a CNAME record to your domain host settings, see details below.
Note:
- Two A Records are used for server balance and redundancy.
- Some domain hosts will not allow you to set up multiple records for the @ domain. If this is the case for your domain host, then simply add one record for the @ domain and include both IP addresses.
- If you previously took your website to be live with instructions involving a 301 Redirect and CNAME, you will need to re-create your SSL certificate. For more information, see Add SSL or HTTPS. In addition, you will need to remove the previous settings for the 301 Redirect.
- Adding AAAA and CAA records prevents issuing an SSL certificate. Please ensure you do not have these records configured.
- Most domain hosts have instructions on creating CNAME records and A records in their help center. If you cannot find this information, you must contact your domain host.
Use the following details for the setup:
- CNAME:
- Host: www
- Points to: s.eu-multiscreensite.com
- A Records:
- A Record:
- Host/Alias: @
- Target/Destination: 18.197.248.23
- A Record:
- Host/Alias: @
- Target/Destination: 52.59.120.70
- A Record:
Examples:
The following is an example from Google Domains, in which they use one A record with two IP addresses:
The following is an example from GoDaddy, in which they use two A records (one for each IP):
