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How do I set up my domain to work with Google Sites using a CNAME?
Updated: 2012/04/09Viewed times: 0
To set up your domain to work with Google Sites, please follow these steps:
- Sign in to your Dynadot account.
- Select the "Domains" tab in the main menu.
- Check the box next to the domain name(s) and click on the "Set Name Servers" button.
- Click on the "DNS" tab.
- In the "Domain Record (required)" field, select "Forward" from the drop-down menu and then enter https://sites.google.com in the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- Below that record, create a new one. Select "TXT from the drop-down menu and then enter your Google verification string in the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- In the "Subdomain Records (optional) section, enter "www" as the subdomain, select "Forward" from the drop-down menu, and then enter https://sites.google.com in the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- For your second subdomain record, enter "calendar" as the subdomain and "CNAME" from the drop-down menu, then enter ghs.google.com as the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- For your third subdomain, enter "docs" as the subdomain and "CNAME" from the drop-down menu, then ghs.google.com in the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- Lastly, enter "mail" as the subdomain and select "CNAME" from the drop-down, then ghs.google.com in the "IP Address or Target Host" box.
- To enter your MX records, scroll down to the bottom and find the "MX Records" section. Enter in aspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com, and alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
- Click on the "Save DNS" button to save your changes.
Your settings should look similar to what is shown below: (click on it to see it larger)
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