Moving DNS to Go Daddy

[lobowolf]

Forum URL: foreverlobos.com

The forum is currently set to foreverlobos.freeforums.net in the default domain name setting as we have been unable to get the domain name to work and people are unable to log in. I realize that go daddy does not support flattening of cname or alias records and they are asking me to provide an A record in order for this to work. Please advise.

[Scott]

lobowolf -

There are 2 DNS options that work with GoDaddy. You can use the CNAME though Cloudflare method or Nameservers method. Each as outlined in the Admin Panel (admin > upgrades > custom domains)

[lobowolf]

The CNAME (cloudflare) method is what I have tried, and they still claim the need for an alias record to resolve it. I will try the nameservers method and reply back if I continue to have issues. Thank you.

[lobowolf]

That will only work for me as a last resort. I want go daddy to manage my DNS as I paid for some extra security measures there. Is there not a way just to get them the A record? I am guessing that is the proboards IP address that it needs to resolve to?

[Scott]

lobowolf - the methods listed in the admin panel are the only options available.

[lobowolf]

Okay. I have changed the nameservers at GoDaddy. While I wait up to 24 hours for this to take effect, I have one more important question. Should I leave my default domain tab set to foreverlobos.freeforums.net or foreverlobos.com? Thank you.

[Scott]

lobowolf - I would leave the default set to foreverlobos.freeforums.net until the nameserver changes have finished propagating.

[lobowolf]

It has now been 24 hours and I still receive the following when I try to reach my domain. Fastly error: unknown domain: www.foreverlobos.com. Please check that this domain has been added to a service.

Details: cache-dfw-kdfw8210041-DFW

I copied and pasted the nameservers directly from the PB admin page to the nameservers on GoDaddy, so no possible SIC. Please advise.

[Scott]

lobowolf - I've asked our systems team look into this.

[Scott]

lobowolf - all should be good now.

[lobowolf]

No difference on my end yet. I have set the default domain name to the new one. Here is the message I receive whenever I do a Google search for the new domain.

Fastly error: unknown domain: www.foreverlobos.com. Please check that this domain has been added to a service.

Details: cache-dfw-kdfw8210109-DFW

[Scott]

lobowolf - your domain is foreverlobos.com/ (without the www)

[lobowolf]

It works now! Thank you for everything Scott!