Connecting your domain to Wix (pointing method)

Wix provide the specific DNS records necessary to point your domain at their servers. See the following article from Wix support site for details on how to locate the records..
https://support.wix.com/en/article/connecting-a-domain-to-wix-using-the-pointing-method


Once you have the necessary record values, you can add to your domain as follows..

Within your Irish Domains account, select Domains >> Manage DNS from the top menu
Your domain should be listed under "DNS Zones"
Click on the Edit Zone icon (pen) to the right of your domain

 

Disconnect your domain from the Irish Domains parking server

New domains will be automatically set up with a holding page. If your domain is displaying an Irish Domains holding page, you'll just need to remove the following two records by clicking on the delete icon (bin) on the right

Name Type TTL RDATA
www ALIAS 3600 park.id.ie
@ ALIAS 3600 park.id.ie

Note: If your domain was pointing to a hosting service, you should remove the equivalent "@" and "WWW" records for that hosting service

 

Adding the Wix records to your domain

 

Add "www" CNAME record

Click on the Add Record button and complete as follows..

Name: www 
Type: CNAME
TTL: 3600
RDATA:  (as shown under "Value" in Wix)

Click on the Add Record Button


Add the "A" record

Click on the Add Record button and complete as follows..

Name: @
Type: A  
TTL: 3600
RDATA:  (IP address as shown under "Value" in Wix)


Click on the Add Record Button

 


Allow 1 to 2 hours for the new records to propagate through.

 

 

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