This article will teach you how to;
- Change the nameservers from GoDaddy to Cloudflare
- Connect your root domain in Cloudflare
- Add the custom domain in Art Storefronts.
This means you will be adding the www version of your domain to Art Storefronts(i.e. www.domain.com).
What you will need:
- A Godaddy account
- A Cloudflare Account
- Nameservers pointing to Cloudflare
Step 1: Add your domain in Cloudflare
- Log into your Cloudflare account
- Add your site by clicking ‘Add Site’ on the top right-hand side of your browser
- Put your preferred domain name
- Select your preferred plan
- Review your DNS Records
- Cloudflare will then give you the new nameservers to change in your domain provider. In this case, it will be GoDaddy.
What Next?
- Change Nameservers in Go Daddy
Step 2: Changing your domain nameservers to Cloudflare
- Enter your domain at ICANN WHOIS field:
Note: Please save the Name Server records somewhere safe just in-case you need them in the near future - Log in to the administrator account for GoDaddy domain registrar
- Click on the DNS Records of your chosen domain
- Change your DNS Records (NAMESERVERS) to what your Cloudflare account recommended.
- Go back to your Cloudflare account and mark that you are Done with changing the nameservers values
- After Cloudflare is done checking your new nameservers, you can now go ahead and start the Art Storefront part
Step 3 Adding Your Domain CNAME Record for ASF
- From within your Cloudflare account, navigate to your DNS settings
- Change the value of the www CNAME Record to www.artstorefronts.com
- Make sure that www is marked as the name
- Enter www.artstorefronts.com as the target
- Select Automatic TTL
- The cloud should be orange with a grey arrow through it
- Add a Root Domain CName Record
- From within your Cloudflare account, navigate to your DNS settings
- Select CNAME from the dropdown menu
- Enter @ as the name
- Enter www.artstorefronts.com as the target
- Select Automatic TTL
- The cloud should be orange with a grey arrow through it
- Click Save
Step 4 Adding Your Page Redirect Rule
- Back at the top navigation, click Page Rules
- If you don’t already have one, create a new page rule
- Enter your domain as yourdomain.com/*
Note: in place of yourdomain you see here you will enter your actual domain - Add a Setting
- Select Forwarding URL
- Under Select Status Code click 301 - Permanent Redirect
- For the destination URL, enter in this exact format https://www.yourdomain.com/$1
Note: in place of ‘yourdomain’ enter your actual domain - Click Save and Deploy
What you can do now
- Add Your Domain Within Art Storefront
- Add a Cloudflare subdomain to Art Storefront
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