Has anyone successfully accomplished this? I have done this with other domain hosts, but I'm having trouble translating the procedure to Windows server. Here are the directions from Squarespace: Step 1 - Create a CNAME Record[top] Login to your domain registrar's site, and locate the Zone File Settings, DNS Manager, or similar area of your control panel. Here you will create a CNAME record that points your domain to us. You'll generally see three fields: Alias - Should be www (indicating that the www.yourdomain.com record should point to Squarespace) Type - Should be CNAME (indicating that you would like to point to Squarespace by using its name) Points To - Should be ext.squarespace.com (do not use your Squarespace site address!) Step 2 - Enable Domain Forwarding[top] Within your domain provider's Domain Forwarding area, create a 301 (permanent) redirect rule to forward the version of your domain without the www to the version with the www. domain.com -> www.domain.com If presented with the options, always select http:// and 301 redirect types. A Records Note: You should only follow this step if your domain provider does not allow for domain forwarding. If your domain provider does not allow for domain forwarding you should create an A Record: Host - Should be * or @ depending on your provider (indicating that your naked domain, yourdomain.com,should point to Squarespace) Type - Should be A Record (indicating that you would like to point to Squarespace by using an IP address) Points To - Should be 198.185.159.135 or 198.185.159.136 (our IP address)
We do not have domain name forwarding so you will need to use the A record method listed for step 2, both DNS records can be inserted in this section of your Control Panel: https://cp.Winhost.com/domains/ Click on the "Manage" link next to the domain you wish to edit the above records for.
Thank you. I think that's what I finally figured out to do this morning. Both www.kellyraeburton.com and kellyraeburton.com resolve to the Squarespace site now. If possible, could you take a look at what I did and tell me if it's correct please? The Squarespace control panel is complaining that it isn't being forwarded correctly, but I figured that was just because it isn't happening the way they want it to.
From what I can tell you have set this up correctly, both "www.kellyraeburton.com" and "kellyraeburton.com" resolve to 198.185.159.13 when I ping them and I see your site in browser when using either as well. Also handy is to check with this if you are worried about SEO or rankings and such: http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/ According to that, "http://www.kellyraeburton.com/" counts as a direct link and "http://kellyraeburton.com/" a 301 redirect to the previous address, from my understanding this is optimal.
