Creating a subdomain

[cswanny]

Forum URL: usc247.proboards.com

Hi everyone!

I'm so sorry to bother you all with back-to-back questions today.

I'm trying to use a different url for my forums.

I already paid to use a domain name I own. Unfortunately I would like that domain (usc247.com) attached to my squarespace site and not my message board. I would like my message board domain to be usc247.com/forum.

How do I pull this off? I really appreciate the help!

[Brian]

Hi, cswanny.

What you're referring to is a directory rather than a subdomain. A subdomain is something like "forum.usc247.com" similar to how our default forum URLs all prefix "proboards.com" with the name you specified when creating the forum.

A directory is a path on your domain. /forum is an example of a path on your domain. However, it's not possible to place a ProBoards forum within a directory. We only offer this feature on Forums.net, our business-focused service.

If you're fine with something like forum.usc247.com you can navigate to Upgrades > Custom Domains in your admin area click on the I have an existing domain name option, then select I want to manage my DNS. Follow the instructions shown in Option 1 to add a new CNAME record named "forum" within your domain's control panel.

[cswanny]

Hey you've been a great help. I have another question though hahaha.

It's about error code 300!

I'm getting this message when I type in forum.usc247.com.

"Uhhh...

We were unable to locate the forum you are attempting to access. This may be due to an angry bear, or maybe you just typed the URL wrong.

Are you sure that you typed the correct URL?"

Any ideas?

Thank you so much for all your help!!!!!

[Scott]

cswanny, looking at your forum it appears you set up the custom domain linking for your root domain (usc247.com) rather than your subdomain of forum.usc247.com