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You can publish your design on your own domain instead of a Magic Patterns link. Don’t have a domain? Use a Magic Patterns link instead. It works straight away with no setup.

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Before you start

You need to own a domain. You can buy one from a domain provider, like GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, or Squarespace. Decide which kind of address you want:
  • Root domain: your main address, like example.com.
  • Subdomain: an address that starts with something extra, like www.example.com or design.example.com.

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Connect your domain

1

Open Publish.

Follow the first step on Publish your site to open the Publish window.
2

Choose Custom domain.

3

Choose Root domain or Subdomain, then type your domain.

The Publish window with Custom domain and Root domain selected
4

Add the record to your domain provider.

The Publish window shows a record to copy. Log in to your domain provider, find the DNS settings (often called “DNS Management” or “Advanced DNS”), and add the record.For a root domain, add:Delete any other A records for your domain first, or it won’t work. Some providers, like Wix, use a blank space instead of @.For a subdomain, add:Replace www with your subdomain. For design.example.com, use design.
5

Click Connect and publish.

Your domain can take anywhere from a few minutes to 48 hours to start working. Most are ready within a few hours.

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Already published?

If your design is already live on a Magic Patterns link, open Link settings and click Connect a domain next to Custom domain. Then follow steps 3 to 5 above. Link settings with the Connect a domain option

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Check if your domain is ready

  • Root domain: go to whatsmydns.net, type your domain, and check it shows 149.248.202.188.
  • Subdomain: go to whatsmydns.net, type your subdomain, and check it shows magicpatterns.dev.
If you still see your old site, refresh the page, try a private window, or try a different browser. Your browser may be showing a saved copy.

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Common questions

For a root domain, check you deleted all the old A records. This is the most common problem. Then check your domain on whatsmydns.net using the steps above. If it shows a different value or no record, the record wasn’t added correctly.
Make sure you added a CNAME record, not an A record.
All of them, including GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, Squarespace, and Wix.
Yes. We set this up automatically for every custom domain.