Domain
Let’s say you own example.com and would like to use it for your site. First, decide whether you would like:
- to use a subdomain, like site.example.com or www.example.com
- to use the apex domain, which is just example.com.
Use a subdomain (e.g. www.example.com)
-
Go to your domain’s DNS page. This is usually where you bought the domain. Create a
CNAME
record for the subdomain you’d like to use and set its value toblot.im
. -
Tell Blot your full domain including the subdomain, e.g. www.example.com, on the dashboard.
Use an apex domain (e.g. example.com)
-
Go to your domain’s DNS page. This is usually where you bought the domain. Create an
ALIAS
record which points toblot.im
. -
Tell Blot your domain, e.g. example.com, on the dashboard.
If you cannot create an ALIAS
record, I recommend you use the
www
subdomain, then set up a redirect from the apex domain to the
subdomain. A number of DNS providers offer ALIAS
records,
including
Route 53 and
DNSimple.
Cloudflare offers
CNAME Flattening, which are ALIAS records by another name.
Reference for DNS records
Type | Host | Value |
---|---|---|
CNAME | www | blot.im |
ALIAS | @ | blot.im |
A | @ | 54.191.179.131 |
Having trouble setting up your domain?
Please don’t hesitate to contact support. Here are some checks I make when diagnosing DNS issues:
- Are your domain’s old DNS records still in your computer’s DNS cache? It may take up to 72 hours for these records to flush on their own.
- Are the domain’s name servers pointing to the registrar’s DNS service?
-
Are the host (e.g.
www
) and value (e.g.blot.im
) fields in the DNS record reversed?