Adding a custom domain

If you'd like to host your Typlog site on a custom domain, you need to do three things:

  • First, you need to already own the domain.
  • Second, you need to configure Typlog.
  • Third, you need to configure your domain provider.

The first two steps are fairly easy, but it may be a little difficult to complete the third if you aren't familiar with how domains work.

Configure Typlog

Log in to the Typlog Admin, and head over to Settings → Domain. On this page, fill in the domain you'd like to use — the domain you already own — and click the Save button.

Add your own domain

After the domain has been saved, you'll see a table that shows you the domain (DNS) records you'll have to add to your domain provider, like this:

domain settings

Configure your domain provider

Let's use an example. You own the domain example.com. You would like to host your Typlog site on that domain. You have to decide whether:

  • You would like to use the root domain: example.com; or
  • You would like to use a subdomain, like blog or www: blog.example.com

A root domain, also known as naked domain, is simply a domain without a subdomain. Whether or not you can actually use a root domain depends on the capabilities of your domain provider.

Root domain setup

For a root domain (e.g. example.com), create a CNAME record with the Host name set to "@". The DNS configuration might look like this:

Type Host Value
CNAME @ typlog.io

Not all domain providers allow you to use a CNAME record for a root domain. If yours doesn't, conisder switching to Cloudflare. Creating a Cloudflare account is free.

You'll also have to add whatever TXT records are shown on Typlog's Domain page, e.g.:

Type Host Value
TXT @ ca3-xxx
TXT _acme-challenge xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-....

Subdomain setup

For a subdomain (e.g. blog.example.com), create a CNAME record with the Host name set to your subdomain. The DNS configuration might look like this:

Type Host Value
CNAME blog typlog.io

You'll also have to add whatever TXT records are shown on Typlog's Domain page, e.g.:

Type Host Value
TXT blog ca3-xxx
TXT _acme-challenge.blog xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-....

Cloudflare users

If you use Cloudflare as your domain provider, please be sure to turn off Proxy status; otherwise your site won't work correctly.

cloudflare settings
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