Configure root custom domain

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If you are trying to connect your-domain.com instead of www.your-domain.com. Here's the guide.

Step 1 - Migrate your domain to a provider that supports cname flattening.

We recommend Cloudflare for this. But any domain registrar with CNAME flattening should also work.

Click here for the migration guide

Step 2 - Set up your domain

• Delete the custom domain if there's any.
• Re-enter your domain, but with a prefix @.. Eg you want to connect your-domain.com, you should enter @.your-domain.com.
• Click confirm and copy the DNS records, paste to your current registrar.

The reason

Slidde is using Anycast network to serve your website to the global audience. Compared to a static IP address,

• It will be the faster. Since we will choose the closest IP address to serve your content.
• It will allow your website more concurrent visits.
• It will protect against DDoS attack ( E.g. an anonymous hacker manipulates 10,000 computers to visit that IP address simultaneously, causing other people not being able to visit).

So generally we recommend over a static IP address. But if you cannot migrate to a domain registrar with CNAME flattening, please let us know.