CONNECT YOUR DOMAIN

Connect your domain: DNS guides by provider

Two records (an A and a CNAME) at the company that holds your domain. Remo never asks for your password; you add them yourself, following the screens of your provider. Your account shows the same guide with your own domain and the exact values.

Cloudflare

dash.cloudflare.com → Domains → your domain → DNS → Records

  1. 1. Open the DNS Records page

    Go to dash.cloudflare.com and sign in. On the Domains page click yourbusiness.com. In the left menu click DNS, then Records. The page is titled DNS Records.
    Cloudflare · DomainsDomainsyourbusiness.comDNSanother-domain.comDNSexample-store.netDNSclick DNS on your domainSchematic of Cloudflare's screen — labels may differ slightly.
  2. 2. Keep a copy of the records

    Click Import and Export, then Export. Save the file: it's the way back if anything goes wrong. Nothing changes yet.
    Cloudflare · DNS › Records › Import and ExportDNS › Records › Import and ExportExport → downloads yourbusiness.com.txt(Keep the file. Nothing changes yet.)Schematic of Cloudflare's screen.
  3. 3. Edit the A record for the root

    Find the row Type A whose Name is yourbusiness.com (Cloudflare shows the root as the full domain; when you add one you type @). Click Edit. Set IPv4 address to 147.182.236.145. Set Proxy status to DNS only (grey cloud). Click Save.
    Cloudflare · DNS RecordsDNS RecordsAdd recordTYPENAMECONTENTPROXY STATUSA@34.120.55.101 Hour✎edit this row → 147.182.236.145CNAMEwwwyourbusiness.com1 HourMX@mail.yourbusiness.com1 HourTXT@v=spf1 …1 HourSchematic of Cloudflare's records table — your rows will differ; find Type A, Name @.
  4. 4. Remove any second root record

    If there is a second A row for the root, or any AAAA row for the root: click Edit on it, then Delete, then Delete again to confirm. Exactly one A root record must remain, and no AAAA root record.
    Cloudflare · Rows for the rootRows for the rootA yourbusiness.com 147.182.236.145 keep (DNS only)A yourbusiness.com old address deleteAAAA yourbusiness.com 2a06:… deleteSchematic of Cloudflare's screen.
  5. 5. Replace the www record

    Find any row with Name www (A, AAAA or CNAME). Click Edit, then Delete, then Delete again. Now click Add record: Type CNAME, Name www, Target sites.remobuilds.com, Proxy status DNS only, TTL Auto. Click Save.
    Cloudflare · Add recordAdd recordTYPECNAMEtype exactly thisNAMEwwwtype exactly thisTARGETsites.remobuilds.comtype exactly thisPROXY STATUSDNS onlySaveSchematic of Cloudflare's record form — the field names may differ slightly.
  6. 6. Check the Rules, as a precaution

    Open Rules → Overview, and Rules → Page Rules. If a rule redirects yourbusiness.com to the old site, turn it off or delete it. Rules only act while a cloud is orange, but they would hijack the domain the day someone turns the proxy on.
    Cloudflare · Rules › OverviewRules › OverviewRedirect rules: nonePage Rules: none(A rule forwarding yourbusiness.com to the old site? Turn it off.)Schematic of Cloudflare's screen.
  7. 7. Come back and check

    Press Check my domain here. Cloudflare says changes can take more than five minutes; if the old A record had a long TTL, allow up to that TTL (at most a day). Keep both clouds grey: do not turn the proxy on, not even after you're live.
    Check my domainYour Remo account · Your domain✓A @ → 147.182.236.145✓CNAME www → sites.remobuilds.comCheck my domainboth green = you're liveThis is what you're aiming for on this page: both records green.

Watch out

The cloud is orange, is that a problem?

Yes: click Edit on the record, switch Proxy status to DNS only (grey), Save. Leave it grey: the proxy hides the new site from the check and can cause a redirect loop.

I don't see my domain in Cloudflare

It may be in another Cloudflare account (a designer's). Your registrar's page shows which nameservers it uses: tell me in the chat.

Will my email stop?

No: these two records never touch MX or TXT rows. If an MX row points at the domain itself, the email step shown above the steps comes first.

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