New_Domain_and_SSL_Training_1920x1080.mp4

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In this tutorial, I'm going to be showing you how to connect your domain to your website as well as purchasing an SSL certificate so that your website will be secure

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Once you have fully built your website and it is ready and complete, then you're going to want to go to Options and go to Name, Domain and SSL

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From here, you can domain your website and purchase a SSL

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The first thing you need to do is put the full domain for the website in here and save and update the website

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Once you do that, it will generate an A record and see name for that website

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Now, keep in mind, this A record is considered unsecure so if you were to use this specific A record, visitors to your site would see an unsecure website and an HTTP website instead of the secure

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HTTPS that you want with your SSL certificate

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So let's go ahead and purchase an SSL certificate before we connect so that we can connect our secure website

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Click the button here and enter your information in order to purchase your SSL certificate

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Once you've purchased your SSL certificate, it will then generate your certificate with a new secure A record as you can see right here

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In order to connect your website, simply take this A record and copy it

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You then need to go to your domain registry where you have purchased your website

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We're using GoDaddy for this example, but the steps should be the same for most domain registries

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Simply go to the DNS settings for your domain and find the A record value

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Here, you can edit your A record and replace whatever value they have with the new one that was generated for your site

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Save and update the site and this will update the DNS settings

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Keep in mind it may take a few minutes for that to become fully connected and it may take several hours for the SSL to fully connect and for the website to show as secure, but it

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should connect within a few minutes for the actual A record itself

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So go back to the platform and remember to save and update after you have connected your A record

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After you save and update your website, double check to make sure the SSL certificate is active and enabled and then save and update the website a second time

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They may sound like a strange step, but it should be done in order to ensure that everything is connected properly and that the SSL is indeed enabled

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If for any reason you have a warning telling you to check your records, then you should double check to make sure that the A record in the platform is indeed the same as the domain registry

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and the DNS settings

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As long as everything is the same, it may just take a few extra minutes in order for everything to connect on the back end

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So save and update regularly until the certificate is enabled

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If it is not enabled within 24 hours, then double check the records to make sure it's all the same and then contact support for more help

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Once everything is connected, you can then visit your website and you'll see that the site is now active

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If you wish to have a www version

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of your website, then you can connect the C name

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Normally this is automatic and most domain registries will already have this connected

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But if you wish to have the www in

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front of your website, make sure that the name of the website is also in the C name records for your domain registry

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As long as that is all connected, you can go to either the regular URL or the www version

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and it'll take you to the same website

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And that's how easy it is to connect your domain and purchase your SSL certificate