Connect your own domain

To connect your own domain in Locally 360, open Domain, type the domain and press Connect. Then add the records it shows at your DNS host, in two steps. The www address is covered too, and Locally 360 never asks for your registrar password.

Before you start

You need a domain you already own, and a login for the place that runs its DNS. That’s often the company you bought the domain from. The Domain page shows once your site is set up.

Steps

1. In the sidebar, open Domain.
2. Type the domain itself, like example.com, and press Connect.
3. At your DNS host, add the records under 1. Verification records (TXT). If your DNS is on Cloudflare, set them to DNS only (grey cloud).
4. Back on the Domain page, press Check again. New records can take a while to show up, so press it again later if nothing has changed.
5. When the certificate shows Active, add the records under 2. Point your domain at us. For www it’s a CNAME. For the bare domain it’s a flattened CNAME, which your DNS host may call CNAME flattening, ALIAS or ANAME.
6. Press Check again. When it’s live, the page says your domain shows your site.

What happens next

Until your domain is live, your site stays on its own address on locally360.app, and your current site keeps working while the domain is checked. Once it’s live, visitors who type www are sent to your bare domain.

If something goes wrong

• If step 2 says your site is not published on your domain yet, publish your site from the editor, then press Check again. Point your domain only once the records show.
• If the status shows Failed, press Check again. It starts the check over and may show new records to add.
• To stop using the domain, press Disconnect domain.