Hover Custom Domain guide

We’ve put together some Hover instructions for you. We do our best to keep these up to date, if the instructions don’t match your experience please let our support team know.

Before proceeding make sure you have Published and added your custom domain in Pagecloud.

Connect your domain using Hover Connect

Hover connect allow you to select Pagecloud from their connect partners and automatically set up all DNS records needed.

1. Sign in to your Hover account at https://hover.com/signin.
2. Select the Connect tab for the website you will be pointing to Pagecloud.
3. Select Pagecloud from the list and click connect. 
4. The records required should be included in your DNS settings. 

With these records in place your custom domain will now be pointing to your Pagecloud site.

Connect your domain manually

1. Sign in to your Hover account at https://hover.com/signin
2. Click on the Your Account menu and select Domains.
3. Find the domain name you want to connect to your Pagecloud site and select it.
4. From the Domain's Overview page, click on the DNS section.
5. Here you will see a number of records that are related to your domain name.  Add or update all the following DNS Records with these settings:
   
   Record 1:
   Record Type: A-Record
   Name: @
   Value: 52.21.96.107
   TTL: Automatic, or 1 Hour
   
   Record 2:
   Record Type: A-Record
   Name: @
   Value: 52.3.106.31
   TTL: Automatic, or 1 Hour
   
   Record 3:
   Record Type: CNAME
   Name: WWW
   Value: proxy2.pagecloud.com
   TTL: Automatic, or 1 Hour
   
   
6. Take a moment to double check that you have all the records with the correct settings. Need help? Contact support for assistance.
7. Return to Pagecloud settings and click the Test connection button in the Connect your domain section. 
8. If we detect an error we will let you know, otherwise you should see that your new domain is set up and ready for you. But one more thing…
9. Choose your Preferred URL. This is how you would like your website to appear online. Some people prefer to have www and others don’t, the choice is yours. Choose which you would prefer and click the Update button to save.
10. Congratulations! Your custom domain is now set up and pointing to your Pagecloud site.