Using a custom domain name/Tierra

These are step-by-step instructions for setting up a custom domain name on Tierra.net for use with Wiki Spot.

In this example, we will set up the Madison Wiki.

Log in to your account.

Now you are in your Domain Services page. If you ever get lost, try to find your way back here and start again.

First, we want to set up an http redirect. This will send people to your wiki if they put your purchased domain name in their browsers. To do this, go to "Web Service".

Now you are in your Web Service page. You should see your domain (or domains) in a list on the right (dotted line). If you purchased multiple domains through that you want to have point to the same site, you can move them over from the left-hand side by using the arrow buttons.

Select "Redirect my domain to an existing URL," and enter the full domain name (with http://www.etc.xyz) of your new wiki. Click on "Continue with Changes and confirm them.

This sounds counter-intuitive to redirect it to itself, but that's how it's done. If you're just adding new domains and you want to redirect them to your wiki - just put the wiki's current URL in the redirect box and you're done.

But if this is your first custom domain name for your wiki, continue on to the next step.

Now you should be back to your Domain Services page again. This time, click on "DNS Service."

Now you're on your Manage DNS page. You should see the http redirect that you just created (!!), and now you need to set your CNAME entry.

Click on the drop-down menu and select "CNAME (Alias)" Then hit "Add".

Now you should enter the information for the wikispot domain. Fill in the "www" and "domains.wikispot.org" exactly as shown here, the number to the right (dotted line) is the time between domain refreshes - 300 works just fine, so why mess with it? When you are done, hit "Add" at the bottom and you'll be sent back to your Manage DNS page.

This should complete what you need to set up in your account at Tierra.com. You should see something like the following:

You're not done yet! Alert a wiki administrator that your domain is set up, and we'll take care of it on our end!

If you believe you have entered in the information correctly, but it doesn't work, simply ask this guy about Tierra.net or these folks about, well, everything.

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