Mapping Your Domain How-to

Mapping a Domain on to UMW Blogs

Note: these instructions are for Godaddy.com, though they should apply to just about any company that sells domains.

After you have registered a domain (and assuming you are logged into GoDaddy) click on the Domain Manager link on the front page.

From there you will be taken to your domain (or a list of your domains, depending on how many you have registered.) Click on the Domain you want to edit and you should see the following screen. Look for the link to Total DNS Control and MX Records and click on it.

You will then be taken to the following screen, click on the edit button indicated by the arrow below.

After that, leave everything as is, except enter the IP address 174.37.153.244 into the "Points to IP address field"

After that, click OK and you are all done with the GoDaddy settings. Now go back to the UMW Blog you want to map a domain upon, and go to the Manage-->Domain Mapping tab and enter the domain address in the appropriate field (the IP field should already be filled out). Click Add, and your new domain should be mapped.

If for any reason this didn't work, go back into the back end by clicking the back button and go to Manage-->Domain mapping and delete the mapped domain and contact Jim Groom at jgroom_at_umw.edu