So you have created a website with Moonfruit and now need to configure your domain name at Gandi so that it takes visitors to your website.
After having finished configuring your Moonfruit website for your domain, you will need to make some technical changes to your domain at Gandi. For security purposes, Gandi cannot perform these changes for you.
You will need to log into your domain name with any of the contacts (other than the billing contact).
If you do not know your Gandi handle, you can see it in the whois (http://www.gandi.net/whois) or you can see it on this page: https://www.gandi.net/login/search
If you do not know your password, you can reset it by using this page: https://www.gandi.net/login/lost
Note:
If you have registered your domain name directly with Moonfruit or another reseller, you will need to contact them to make the changes on your behalf. If this is the case, you will see a message on our website saying that you do not have sufficient rights.You now need to change the DNS zone file, so that your domain knows where to find your website.
There are two changes that you need to make.
To add the A record you need to first log into your domain's control panel, and look down to the DNS management area:
Click on "Manage your zone file".
You will now see a table presenting your zone file, and three links above it: 'simple', 'normal', and 'expert'. It is actually easier to use the 'expert' interface, so click on that.
You will now need to add your desired A line.
Here is the entry that you need to add:
@ 10800 IN A 146.101.249.107
If you already have a line that starts with "@ 10800 IN A" you just need to change the IP address from whatever it is to 146.101.249.107.
You now need to add the CNAME record to your zone file.
Here is the entry that you need to add:
www 10800 IN CNAME yourdomain.com.
Where you replace 'yourdomain.com' with your domain name. And DO NOT FORGET TO ADD THE DOT AT THE END OF THE LINE!.
If there is already a line that starts with "www", you will need to replace it with this new one.
Here is an example of a zone file for a domain (we'll use example.com) that will bring visitors to a Moonfruit.com website:
@ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN A 146.101.249.107 imap 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net. smtp 10800 IN CNAME relay.mail.gandi.net. webmail 10800 IN CNAME agent.mail.gandi.net. blog 10800 IN CNAME blogs.vip.gandi.net. pop 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net. www 10800 IN CNAME example.com.
Note:
After you submit your new zone file, please be sure to wait a couple of hours for the zone to be updated with the new information, as the changes are not seen immediately.
Last modified: 09 Apr 2012 at 22:32 by Amy B. (Gandi)