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Personal Domains

Register a Domain

To use the Virb domain masking feature you'll first need to register your own domain name. You can purchase these from a number of places like Namecheap, Godaddy, Network Solutions or one of the many top ranking domain registrars.

Next Steps

After you have acquired your domain name, you will need to use the tools provided by whomever has the authoritative nameservers for your domain to set up a CNAME record. You'll need to follow the registrar's instructions to create a CNAME record for your domain, pointing it to VIRB.COM. This will be a different process for each registrar.

Please note: you are NOT changing your domain's nameservers, only adding a CNAME record.

Next, go to the You › Extras page in your Hub, enter your custom domain (ex: yourdomain.com) or sub-domain (ex: blog.yourdomain.com) and click "SAVE DOMAIN".

In less than 24 hours, the new record should be pointing to your Virb profile using your custom domain. Now, instead of virb.com/yourlink/photos, all of your content will be yourdomain.com/photos and so on.

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Examples

Here are some step-by-step instructions for some of the more popular hosts/registrars:

Media Temple
  1. Login to your (ac) AccountCenter.
  2. Click on the domain in the "Your Domains" list.
  3. At the bottom of the page, under the DNS Zone File area, click Edit Zone File.
  4. Now you can make the following changes to your domain's DNS Zone File:
    - Lower your TTL Value
    - Reset your zone file to default settings
    - Add, Edit or Remove A, TXT, or MX Records
  5. Hit the Save button once you have entered the new information.
GoDaddy
  1. Login to GoDaddy and click on your domain in the list.
  2. Click on the TOTAL DNS CONTROL.
  3. Under the CNAME list, edit the first entry (WWW) by clicking the edit button on the far right of that line.
  4. When editing, change the "@" to "virb.com" and change drop-down to 1/2 hour. SAVE by clicking YES.
  5. Back on the main domain page, click FORWARDING, then on the forwarding page have your root domain forward to "http://www.yourdomain.com". Be sure to include the WWW in this field.
  6. Press okay. Now, wait 15-30 min for GoDaddy to catch up.
  7. When you save your domain in the Personal Domain field on You › Extras, be SURE to include the preceding "www".
Network Solutions

http://accountmanageruserguide.com/1550-cnamerecords.html

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