Once you've selected to use your own domain, enter it here, and save your portfolio, there are three short steps left.

You can usually find your DNS settings controls on the same site where you bought your domain. 

Each domain provider's DNS settings page is a little different, but they all do the same thing. So look around for a menu item called DNS, DNS Zone, Advanced DNS, or something similar.
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You could also try Googling for it using your domain provider's name. E.g. search for "how to manage DNS on Cloudflare", if your domain provider is Cloudflare. Otherwise replace "Cloudflare" with your domain provider's name.

Once you're on your DNS settings page we need to make sure that you have an A record for your base domain (also called root domain) pointing to 45.55.33.28.
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To explain that a bit more, A DNS record has 4 parts. Again, different domain providers often have somewhat different labels for these parts.

We need a record where
Type = A (or A record)
Name = @
Value = 45.55.33.28
For TTL and any other possible fields you might see, you can just use the default values.

So if you already have an A record there with name '@', update its value to 45.55.33.28. If there are any other records with name '@' delete them. E.g. there is sometimes a CNAME record. So, if that is there, delete it.
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If you don't yet have an A record named '@', add it, and set its value to 45.55.33.28.

Save your DNS settings. It will then take anywhere from a few seconds to a few hours to propagate your new DNS settings. That is, before your domain name will be pointed to our servers at 45.55.33.28. It's usually almost instant, but can sometimes take some time.

Here is an example screenshot of what a DNS settings page could look like when everything is filled in as we need it.

By default, the above settings will only setup your Portfolio Custom Domain without the "www." prefix. If you would like to include the "www." prefix in your Portfolio custom domain URL, you can simply add the following record, in addition to the A record we already setup earlier:

Name: www

Type: A (or A record)

TTL: Default value

Value: 45.55.33.28

Once DNS is updated, go to your domain in your browser. There is a chance that you might get a security warning. To fix this just save your profile again here. This will install an SSL certificate for your site. Then go back to your domain and check that it loads. It will now show a lock icon and 'https' on the left side or your address bar.

That's it. You're done!

If you encounter any problems following these steps, please reach out to our support team, we're eager to help.
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