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title: "Pointing your domain name"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to point your domain name to your Site Factory website. Discover methods for websites and site collections using CNAME or A Record, ensuring seamless domain integration."
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After you have your new domain name (based on Acquia’s [domain name registrar recommendations](/site-factory/manage/domains)), point your domain name or subdomain name to your website running on Site Factory.

Note

If your Site Factory subscription already has a custom domain name, you must add a 301 redirect for any extra domain names you add to the `.htaccess` file for your website’s codebase. Not implementing the redirect may cause `HTTP 404 Not Found` error messages to be cached for your new custom domain.

To point your domain name to a website, use one of the following procedures, depending on whether you are adding a domain to a website or a [site collection](/site-factory/manage/website/site-coll), and the method supported by your domain name registrar:

*   **Adding a domain to a website**
    
    *   [Using CNAME with your website (preferred)](/site-factory/manage/domains/point/cname-site)
        
    *   [Using the A Record with your website](/site-factory/manage/domains/point/arecord-site)
        
*   **Adding a domain to a site collection**
    
    *   [Using CNAME with your site collection (preferred)](/site-factory/manage/domains/point/cname-coll)
        
    *   [Using the A Record with your site collection](/site-factory/manage/domains/point/arecord-coll)
        

Be patient, as this step can take up to 24 hours for DNS entries to propagate across the Internet.

[Continue to the next step >](/site-factory/manage/domains/verify)
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