After you have your new domain name (based on Acquia’s domain name registrar recommendations), point your domain name or subdomain name to your website running on Site Factory.

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, and the method supported by your domain name registrar:

• Adding a domain to a website

  • Using CNAME with your website (preferred)

After you have your new domain name (based on Acquia’s domain name registrar recommendations), point your domain name or subdomain name to your website running on Site Factory.

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, and the method supported by your domain name registrar:

• Adding a domain to a website

  • Using CNAME with your website (preferred)

  • Using the A Record with your website

• Adding a domain to a site collection

  • Using CNAME with your site collection (preferred)

  • Using the A Record with your site collection

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

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