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Other Domain Hosting Providers

We understand that there are a lot of domain hosting providers. out there. While it is difficult to create documentation for each one of them, we have some other popular domain hosting providers described below - Squarespace, Wordpress, Dreamhost, Bluehost and Namecheap.

The host and value you should be adding would be for **CNAME only. **

Squarespace​

  1. Log in to Squarespace.
  2. In the Home menu, click Settings, then click Domains. If you're using a parking page, start by clicking the domain name in your parking page menu.
  3. Under Squarespace domains, click the domain name. If you have multiple Squarespace domains, you'll manage their DNS records separately.
  4. Click DNS records.
  5. Scroll down to Custom Records.
  6. Click Add record.
  7. In the Type drop-down menu, select CNAME.
  8. In the Host field, enter www. In the Data field, enter your school URL aka sub-domain you created in previous step (eg: yourschool.reviewnprep.io).
  9. Click Save to add the record to your settings.

Note: yourschool.reviewnprep.io is an example. Remember to add your subdomain.

Wordpress​

Wordpress has great documentation that explains the process. Follow the steps here. 

In CNAME****Host add www (or the host of your choice e.g. if you already have a website under www.yourdomain.com). In Points to add your school URL aka sub-domain you created in previous step (eg: yourschool.reviewnprep.io).

Note: yourschool.reviewnprep.io is an example. Remember to add your subdomain.

Bluehost​

Bluehost has a great video that explains the process. Follow the steps shown in this video. 

In CNAME****Host add www (or the host of your choice e.g. if you already have a website under www.yourdomain.com). In Points to add your school URL aka sub-domain you created in previous step (eg: yourschool.reviewnprep.io).

Note: yourschool.reviewnprep.io is an example. Remember to add your subdomain.

Namecheap​

Namecheap has a great article that explains the process. Follow the steps shown in this article.

In CNAME****Host add www (or the host of your choice e.g. if you already have a website under www.yourdomain.com). In Points to add your school URL aka sub-domain you created in previous step (eg: yourschool.reviewnprep.io).

Note: yourschool.reviewnprep.io is an example. Remember to add your subdomain.

Dreamhost​

1. Log in to your account at https://panel.dreamhost.com.

**2. Click on Domains →**Manage Domains.

**3. **Click on DNS under your domain.

**4. **Click on Add Record.

**5. **In the CNAME option, click on Add.

**6. **In Host add www (or the host of your choice e.g. if you already have a website under www.yourdomain.com). In Points to add your school URL aka sub-domain you created in previous step (eg: yourschool.reviewnprep.io).

**7. **Hit Add Record.

Note: yourschool.reviewnprep.io is an example. Remember to add your subdomain.