Point domain to CargoCollective

Official CargoCollective dns page:

http://support.cargocollective.com/customer/portal/articles/670985-setting-up-a-custom-url

On the CargoCollective Side:

Associate your domain: Once your domain is properly pointing to Cargo, you will see a message reading “domain awaiting provisioning“. You now need to associate your domain with your Cargo website by adding it in your /admin → Settings → Set up a custom URL. Your domain should be activated within a few hours, though it usually happens much faster then that.

DNS Settings:

Option 1:

DOMAIN	CONFIGURATION
TWO LEVELS (E.G. MYWEBSITE.COM)	point A-record (IP address) to 173.203.204.123
THREE OR MORE LEVELS (E.G. WWW.MYWEBSITE.COM OR BLOG.MYWEBSITE.COM)	point A-record (IP address) to 173.203.204.123

Option 2:

DOMAIN	CONFIGURATION
Sub-domain Option	USE CNAME
THREE OR MORE LEVELS (E.G. WWW.MYWEBSITE.COM OR BLOG.MYWEBSITE.COM)	Cname to “cargocollective.com”

On the Dreamhost Side:

Go to your Manage Domains Page and make sure the domain is DNS only. If you have hosting on the domain, use the “remove” button under the “web hosting” column:

Once the domain is dns only, click the dns link under your domain name and add these records:

Custom DNS Options:

Name: subdomain, leave blank for naked/root domain

Type: type of dns record, such as A record, Cname, TXT

Value: Target

Settings Needed for this setup:

Name: leave blank for naked/root domain

Type: A

Value: 173.203.204.123

Name: www

Type: A

Value: 173.203.204.123

Name: Blog, store, or any sub-domain

Type: Cname

Value: cargocollective.com

Note: This guide has been created to help simplify setting your domain up. The service you are pointing your domain to, DNS can/might has changed. Always check the hosts official page to verify the records.