If your domain is registered with GoDaddy, here are the steps to cause your domain to reference towards your HotDoodle site.
Note: GoDaddy might change their interface, so these screen shots are simply an example.
Log into your GoDaddy Account. View the top menu bar and click Domains | My Domain Names | find your your domain and click.
Next, there are two ways to keep the name servers up to date
The Easy Way: Use the HotDoodle name servers and we will update these records automatically to work with your site and email.
The Hard Way: Use the name server of the company that sold you the domain and update the Cname, Aname, and MX records by hand.
We strongly encourage the easy way. Besides simplicity, one key advantage is that if we ever need to move to a different internet address we will make the changes automatically.
Doing it the Easy Way: Use HotDoodle Nameservers
Setting the HotDoodle Name Servers
Click the link to change the nameservers.
Now you can enter the HotDoodle nameservers:
The values you want are:
n1.hotdoodle.com
n2.hotdoodle.com
Click the OK button and the task of pointing the domain to your Hotoodle site is done!
You Are Done! (Do not do any of the GoDaddy Steps shown below)
Doing It the Hard Way: Adjusting GoDaddy's Records by Hand
We strongly recommend that you do NOT do things this way and that you use the easy way shown above instead. However, if you insist on using GoDaddy's name servers, here is what you would set.
Do NOT do any of this if you have done things the easy way. Stop, go home, you are done with the domain side of things! (But you still have to tell HotDoodle about the domain. See the "Telling HotDoodle" page.)
On the sidebar, scroll down to "Total DNS COntrol" and then open it and select "Total DNS COntrol and MX Records". You will have to allow pop-ups for this step.
The MX and CX record screen is in a "wizard" and this wizard can interfere with the simple edit you want. Click on "Advanced Mode".
Finding Your Site's IP Address
At the bottom of the Config Domains screen is a message such as the following: This site is hosted on 198.66.xxx.xxx The address you find there is the address you will use in the next step.
Adjusting your Domain Records: You will now be in a domain record edit screen. Adjust your screen to look like the following.
Note that you need to enter your site's IP address found by the above procedure
Note: this is not what you see in the pictures
Your mail record should be mail.[yourdomainname].com
Save and Wait
It takes time for the change to take effect in the internet. We have seen times range from 20 minutes to 1 day although the internet standard allows up to 4 days for such a change.
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