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So you have created a website with Weebly and now need to configure your domain name at Gandi so that it takes visitors to your website.

After having finished configuring your Weebly website for your domain, you will need to make some technical changes to your domain at Gandi. For security puroposes, Gandi cannot perform these changes for you.

Step 1: Log into your domain name

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 Weebly 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.

Step 2: Change your zone file

You now need to change the DNS zone file, so that your domain knows where to find your website.

There is a change that you need to make.

  • add an A record for the www subdomain to point to 199.34.228.100

Adding records

To add the A record you need to first log into your domain's control panel, and look down to the DNS management area:

dns.jpeg

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:

www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100

Example of a zone

Here is an example of a zone file for a domain (we'll use example.com) that will bring visitors to a Weebly.com website:

www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
@ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net. 
@ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net. 
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. 

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.

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Last modified: 08 Dec 2011 at 00:53 by Donald J. (Gandi)