Connecting your own domain name

How it works

1. You let us know which domain your website will use, and where your domain name is registered (your DNS provider, for example your internet provider or a company such as TransIP or Hostnet).
2. Windkracht sends you exactly the settings you need (DNS records), ready to forward.
3. Your DNS provider sets them up. This is usually active within an hour, sometimes it takes longer.
4. Windkracht checks that everything is set up correctly and puts your website online. The secure padlock (https) is added automatically.

Which settings are they?

For your information, you don't need to understand this yourself:

• www (www.yourcompany.com): a CNAME record pointing to the address Windkracht sends you (usually sites.windkracht.nl);
• the domain without www: A and AAAA records pointing to the Windkracht server. That address redirects visitors to www.
• if your domain already has CAA records, one is added for the secure padlock (letsencrypt.org).

Other settings, such as those for your email, stay as they are. So your email keeps working.

More domains?

Do you also have old or other domain names, for example with .com or a former company name? They can redirect to your website. Just send them to us.

Viewing your domains

In the CMS, under Website settings → Domains, you can see which domains belong to your website:

• Default: the main address of your website (for Google, sharing and links in emails);
• an arrow (→) next to a domain that only redirects to the default domain, such as an old company name;
• https ✓ until …: the secure padlock is active, with the date until which the certificate is valid. It is renewed automatically in good time; Windkracht keeps an eye on it.

Do you see not active yet next to https? Then the domain doesn't point to Windkracht yet. Want to add, change or redirect a domain? Email support@windkracht.nl.