I'm having problems setting up a CNAME record for my custom domain.

As part of our custom domain name service:
http://support.lefora.com/2008/04/19/free-custom-domain-name-giveaway

We allow you to host your own domain name on your forum (instead of lefora.com). You will have to make changes to your domain's CNAME record in order for this to work (and we have to make changes on Lefora's side as well). Changing the CNAME on different hosts, can be a little confusing at first, so this topic will help answer any specific questions you have.

== Setting your CNAME Record ==

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Method 1, setting a 'subdomain' such as forum.exammple.com for your forum:

For instance, if you want to set http://forum.example.com to be used for http://example.lefora.com.

1) Create a CNAME record for 'forum'
2) the value should be 'example.lefora.com'

After you make the change, you will need to let Lefora know so we can make changes on our side, just follow the contact instructions here: http://support.lefora.com/2008/04/19/free-custom-domain-name-giveaway/ Please include your current lefora domain name and the new domain name you would like to use.

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Method 2, setting your main domain, such as www.exammple.com for your forum:

For instance, if you want to set http://www.example.com to be used for http://example.lefora.com.

Step 1A) Create a CNAME record for 'www'
Step 1B) the value should be 'example.lefora.com'
Step 2) Setup URL Forwarding for example.com (without www) to point to www.example.com

After you make the change, you will need to let Lefora know so we can make changes on our side, just follow the contact instructions here: http://support.lefora.com/2008/04/19/free-custom-domain-name-giveaway/ Please include your current lefora domain name and the new domain name you would like to use.

How do I set my CNAME record on GoDaddy?
http://help.godaddy.com/article/679

How do I set my CNAME record on Yahoo Domains?
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/domains/domainfeatures/advanceddns/advanceddns-03.html

sorry but i don't understand what is a CNAME record and what do you mean by create it??

cherry.bubble.of.georgia@gmail.com

Hi cherry, who did you purchase your domain name from (like godaddy, or yahoo), you will have to make a CNAME record on their service. If you tell us who you purchased it from, we can offer more help.

thanks i got it from windstream ... they are my internet carrier ... and that is where my web site is hosted ... i think i got it done right now ... i did it once but i missed spelled something and had to redo it ... now i have to wait another 24 hours til it will take effect ...

i do have a question on this will it change the address that i need to give to people to some to my forum ... for instance my current forum is day-dreamers.lefora.com and the CNAME that i created is games.bobbiebobbins.net now when it is all say and done will i need to give people the games.bobbiebobbins.net for them to find my site ... or will it work for both ???

just games.bobbiebobbins.net, technically the day-dreamers.lefora.com will work, but it's not a good practice for DNS internet routing to continue giving out.

Hi lelex, those are two different methods your combining.

So if you want teamrenegade.pw.net, that means you own pw.net. You'll have to create a CNAME record so the value of 'teamrenegade' points to a destination of your lefora forum (without http) 'pwteamrenegade.lefora.com'

After you make that change you should be all set, just let us know so we can flip some switches on our side. If you have any issues, please post a link to your domain host here so I can find out more information.

My provider (strato.de) does not allow for creating/modifying CNAME records. I can only forward to a static addresses via so-called A-Records (Address Resource Records). How can I proceed?

Sorry, custom domains only work with CNAME records. If we used A-Records, your forum would break as we upgrade service provders because it's tied to an IP address, not a dynamic location.

You can switch your domain providers to another service, such as godaddy.com

thanks jdog, i linked to the godaddy and yahoo help files above, which are about 70% off all the domains that come through here.

on 1), that warning you are seeing is that you must remove any forwards (FRAME or HTTP). So in step 4, delete/remove all forwarders so that only a CNAME record exists - sites like godaddy even help you remove a conflict, it doesn't seem 1and1 does though.