With Sofcar, you can assign your Sofcar web template to a custom address, such as www.yourdomainname.com.
This article explains the options to configure your Sofcar web template at your domain address.
Keep the management in your current registrar
The DNS are formed by a series of parameters that link the domain with the web page. The type CNAME means Canonical Name and serves to identify aliases or sub-domains equivalent to a domain.
Add a CNAME record to your domain's DNS records
The DNS configuration process depends on the company in which you have your domain but is quite similar in all of them. To perform the assignment process of your website you must add a CNAME record to the host of your domain. Typically, your domain host is the website where you bought your domain name (for example, GoDaddy®, Ionos® or Cloudfare®).
We will show you how to do so by adding a new CNAME record to your domain's DNS records in different providers.
Hereby you will find several examples with an easy step-by-step guide to publish your Sofcar rental website template in your domain:
Cloudflare CNAME Record
1) From your Cloudflare account, navigate to your DNS settings
2) Select CNAME from the drop-down menu
3) Enter @ as name
4) Enter ihs.sofcar.com as a domain name
5) Select automatic TTL The cloud should be orange with a gray arrow through it.
5) Click Add Record
CNAME Record Ionos
1) From your Ionos account, click on "Manage Domain" in the center of the screen.
2) Click on "DNS" in the navigation menu.
3) Locate the A record with the host name "www".
4) Click on the settings icon to the right of this record and click "Delete Record."
5) On the next screen, click on "Delete".
6) Select "Add record". Click on "CNAME."
7) Enter www as hostname.
8) Enter ihs.sofcar.com.
9) Leave TTL for 1 hour.
10) Click on Save. You may receive the message "the service will be disabled."
11) Scroll down and click "Save" again if this appears.
12) Once back on your DNS screen, confirm that the new CNAME record for WWW exists.
GoDaddy CNAME Record
1) Sign in to your GoDaddy account.
2) Select the DNS configuration of your domain.
3) If there is a CNAME with the name WWW, edit the destination at ihs.sofcar.com.
4) If not, click Add in the lower right.
5) Select CNAME
6) Enter WWW in the Name entry.
7) Enter ihs.sofcar.com as the value.
Check your domain host documentation for more detailed instructions.
Take into account that the propagation of the change of DNS servers may take 24/48 hours after modification.
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