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#Add Go Daddy Custom Domain to a Github website

In GoDaddy =>

  1. Go to "Manage my Domains"
  2. Next to your domain, click on the Settings Sprocket Drop down and select "Manage DNS"
  3. At the bottom of the "Records" Section, click "ADD" Type: A Host: @ Points to: 192.30.252.153
  • Leave TTL as is
  1. Click "ADD" again to add another record: Type: A Host: @ Points to: 192.30.252.154
  • Leave TTL as is

NOTE: Make sure these are the only 2 A Records - if there are others, delete them.

In your local files (in Sublime)

  1. Add new file, type in: domainname.com (no "www" or anything else)
  2. Save file as: "CNAME" (no extension) in the main site directory
  3. Push file and merge with master

To check if the custom domain has propagated, in command line

$ dig domain.com +nostats +nocomments +nocmd

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