Help: Setting up your Premium Guild's custom domain
Updated on 2007/12/10
Please read the following carefully as it contains important information.
There are three parts to setting up a custom domain.
Part 1: Register the custom domain name you are interested in.
Your custom domain needs to be registered first with a domain registrar. EpicMount recommends GoDaddy.com
as one domain registrar. You can also do a web search for the keywords "domain register" to find other providers.
Don't fret if your first choice of names is already taken. Its pretty common, just keep trying variations until you find some name that hasn't been taken. Most domain registrars will also suggest names that might be interesting to you.
Part 2: Tell EpicMount what domain to answer to.
Under the Administration Page, click on the "Edit Guild Details". Look for the "Premium Feature: Guild Hostname" box.
Part 3: Tell your domain registrar where to find your customized domain
This part may be a little tricky, and you may need to consult your domain registrar or ISP for help.
At your registrar's or ISP hosting web site, you will need to update the DNS records for your domain name.
Your domain's DNS usually contains two parts, an "A record" (the IP address on where to find the site) and an "NS record" (the server to contact to find where your domain is).
NOTE: EpicMount does not provide DNS services. You cannot use a custom domain if your domain registrar only allows you to control your NS records, does not allow you to change any DNS records yourself, or does not allow you to request changes to the DNS records. Usually most domain registrars do allow this (as GoDaddy does), so don't worry too much about it.
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Please read the following carefully as it contains important information.
There are three parts to setting up a custom domain.
Part 1: Register the custom domain name you are interested in.
Your custom domain needs to be registered first with a domain registrar. EpicMount recommends GoDaddy.com
Don't fret if your first choice of names is already taken. Its pretty common, just keep trying variations until you find some name that hasn't been taken. Most domain registrars will also suggest names that might be interesting to you.
Part 2: Tell EpicMount what domain to answer to.
Under the Administration Page, click on the "Edit Guild Details". Look for the "Premium Feature: Guild Hostname" box.
- Enter the domain name you have registered in the text box.
- Click the Update button.
Part 3: Tell your domain registrar where to find your customized domain
This part may be a little tricky, and you may need to consult your domain registrar or ISP for help.
At your registrar's or ISP hosting web site, you will need to update the DNS records for your domain name.
Your domain's DNS usually contains two parts, an "A record" (the IP address on where to find the site) and an "NS record" (the server to contact to find where your domain is).
- Set the A record to "209.62.108.106" (obviously, don't enter the quotes), you should not need to touch the NS record.
NOTE: EpicMount does not provide DNS services. You cannot use a custom domain if your domain registrar only allows you to control your NS records, does not allow you to change any DNS records yourself, or does not allow you to request changes to the DNS records. Usually most domain registrars do allow this (as GoDaddy does), so don't worry too much about it.
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