dmswitchboard12.com on your own domain
You can point your own domain at any of the affiliate shop servers, allowing your sales site to appear on a domain of your choice. This looks more professional than using your automatically allocated subdomain.
e.g. have your site appear on http://www.myteleco.com instead of http://myteleco.dmswitchboard12.com
Contents
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Objectives
Duration and skill level
Theory
Setup data
Step 1: Go to dmAdmin
Step 2: Select 'Branding All'
Step 3: Enter your domain
Step 4: Point your domain at dmswitchboard12.com
Step 5: Go to your domain
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Objectives
Use this guide to
- Make dmswitchboard12.com appear on your own domain.
Duration and skill level
10 minutes. Intermediate. Some understanding of DNS is useful.
Theory
dmswitchboard12.com runs on an affiliate server, by which we mean a server configured to respond by serving dmswitchboard12.com for any unmatched incoming request. This allows dmswitchboard12.com to respond on multiple domains, including your automatically allocated dealer subdomain ( <YourBrand>.dmswitchboard12.com ) and any other domain you care to point at it.
A brand lookup based on the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) allows the site to sell under your dealership, and retrieves any text substitutions and URLs of CSS overrides that you have supplied.
dmClubs's brand server already knows your automatically allocated dealer subdomain. If you want to point your own domain at dmswitchboard12.com you have to:
- Tell us what it is, by entering it in Branding All in dmAdmin
- Point your domain at the affiliate server, by editing it's DNS settings
Setup data
| Parameter Name | Usage | Example | Rule & Origins |
|---|---|---|---|
| FQDN |
Entered in Branding All in dmAdmin so that our brand server can apply your dealership's details to requests for dmswitchboard12.com on your domain. |
www.mycompany.com | A valid domain name that you own, or a subdomain of a domain that you own. |
Step 1: Go to dmAdmin
Go to dmAdmin, your dealer admin area.
a) Log into your clubhouse and find the Dealerships panel (1)
b) Click the dealer icon (2) for the dealership you're using
(if you're a new dealer you will probably have only one dealership)
c) dmAdmin will open in a new tab or window
Step 2: Select 'Branding All'
Click on Branding All (1)
Step 3: Enter your domain
Add the domain that you intend to point at dmswitchboard12.com to your brand details.
a) Find the field labeled Fully Qualified Domain Names (1) and add the domain on a new line
(do not include http:// or any / characters)
b) Click Save (2)
Step 4: Point your domain at dmswitchboard12.com
We cannot give exact instructions for this step, as the details will vary depending on where you registered your domain.
Edit your domain's zone file to add a line of the form:
www 3600 IN CNAME dmswitchboard12.com.
replacing www with another subdomain if you are not pointing www.<yourdomain> at your affiliate site.
If your domain registrar provides a control panel you may be able to add the appropriate CNAME record using this.
NB: CNAME records end with a full point ( . ) The . after 'dmswitchboard12.com' is meant to be there.
Note that if you are changing your domain settings it may take up to 24 hours for these changes to propogate through the worldwide DNS system.
Step 5: Go to your domain
ElectroCom's rebranded homepage
Go to the domain that you have pointed at dmswitchboard12.com in your web browser. You should see your affiliate site, with your brand details (text substitutions and CSS overrides) superimposed.
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