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Custom Domain Setup

A custom domain enhances your brand's professionalism and makes your GameCMS website easier to remember.

Important

It's important not to visit your CNAME record after it has been created. We recommend waiting until the status for your domain is active on our end!

Linking Your Domain with GameCMS​

Follow these simple steps to link your domain:

  1. Navigate to the GameCMS Dashboard.
  2. Go to Website Settings.
  3. Select Domains.
  4. Log in to your domain provider's dashboard (e.g., GoDaddy, Namecheap, Google Domains, or other registrar):
  • Locate the DNS settings or DNS management section.
  • For Cloudflare users: Go to DNS → Records.
  1. Create a CNAME record and point it to: routing.gamecms.org.
  • Ensure that the proxy setting is off for this record.
  1. Enter the CNAME record in the appropriate field in your GameCMS dashboard.
  2. Click Save and wait for the changes to take effect.
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The domain verification process can take up to 24 hours, depending on your DNS provider. This timeline is outside our control as it depends on DNS propagation.

PROXY SETTING

Ensure that the proxy is off for your record pointing to routing.gamecms.org.

Examples​

  • If your domain is website.com and for the CNAME record name you entered @ or your entire domain, enter website.com in the GameCMS dashboard.
  • If the CNAME record name is website (representing a subdomain, like website.website.com), enter website.website.com in the GameCMS dashboard.
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The setup example provided uses Cloudflare. If you don’t wish to use Cloudflare, that’s perfectly fine! Simply create the CNAME record in your provider's DNS settings.

Setting up www with Cloudflare​

Redirect traffic from www.website.com to website.com using Cloudflare:

  1. Go to Rules in your Cloudflare account.
  2. Click Page Rules.
  3. Click Create New Rule.
  4. For the Field, select hostname and enter your domain (e.g., www.website.com).
  5. For Pick a Setting, choose Forwarding URL.
  6. For Select status code, choose 301 - Permanent Redirect.
  7. For Enter destination URL, enter your main domain (e.g., https://website.com).
  8. Click Save and Deploy Page Rule.
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Ensure there is an A record for www. in your Cloudflare DNS Records. This A record should point to a valid IPv4 address, such as your server's IP or a placeholder IP. Without this, the redirect will not function properly.

Quick Video Tutorial​

Watch this step-by-step guide:

By following these steps, you can easily link your custom domain to GameCMS and set up redirections as needed.