Creating a bravesites website on a subdomain

If you would like to attach your site builder website to a subdomain of your website, you will need to create a CNAME record within your DNS settings for your domain to point to your bravesites.com address.

Create the Bravesites Website

First step is to create the Bravesites website:

  1. Click on the Site Builder tab
  2. Click "Create Site"
  3. Once you've selected your theme you will be directed to the bottom of the page to continue to the next step.
  4. Select " I want a Bravenet Site Builder subdomain " and enter your websites name like shown below.

Create bravesites.png

Assign subdomain to your Bravesites Website

Make sure you're on the 'Site Builder' tab

  1. Click "Add a Domain"
  2. Click "I want to use an external domain."
  3. Enter in the name of the subdomain you wish to use for your domain.
  4. Click Continue if you are satisfied with the name of your subdomain.

AttachExternalDomainToBravesites.png

Modify the DNS records for your domain to add subdomain to records

There are two routes you can take to connect your sub domain to your Bravesites Website:

  1. Click Domains
  2. Click on The domain you wish to manage
  3. Click Manage DNS

To Create a CNAME:

1. Click "Add CNAME Record" DomainsAddCNAMERecord.png 2. Enter in what you want for your subdomain (As shown below) 3. Enter in the .bravesites.com address for your destination host. (As shown below) DomainsCreateCNAMERecord.png

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