Hello,
I’m building a website for my upcoming wedding (so that guests can see venue details etc).
I’ve built it using HTML and CSS (just very basic, I’m pretty much new to this, having just done the FreeCodeCamp HTML and CSS course and thought it would be fun to try it out and a good way to save money rather than paying to have one done).
This is what I’ve built so far: https://candm-wedding.cfromageot.repl.co
It’s pretty much ready to go, but in order to make it more personal, we’ve bought a custom URL from GoDaddy: http://candmwedding.com/
I’ve tried linking the two up, and followed the steps in the Replit custom domain doc, followed a YouTube tutorial along, spent time with GoDaddy support, but I’m still not able to get the candmwedding url to show the code I built in Replit.
Instead, I get the error message on the page: ’ Run this Repl to see the results here.’
I’ve clicked the ‘run’ button, but it doesn’t seem to help at all.
I’m at a loss as to what to do, I’ve feel like I’m so close yet so far!
Would anybody be able to assist and explain how I can make it work?
Sorry in advance if I have missed something obvious, I am new to this!
All the best,
Cedric
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Hi @cfromageot thanks for joining the community and posting this query and congratulations on your upcoming wedding! 
I can’t see any obvious errors but can you tell me if you have added a CNAME and a TXT in your GoDaddy redirect?
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Hello, thank you, that is very kind!
I did have a CNAME and TXT in my GoDaddy redirect, that I set up with the help of GoDaddy support, but that didn’t work (something about needing to provide a Replit server id?)
I then watched this YouTube tutorial How to Connect Custom Domain To Website on Replit using Cloudflare (EASY) | Godaddy - YouTube which used Cloudfare instead, so I used that and follow the steps he took.
This is what I have ended up with (see screen shot):
Is that helpful info?
All the best,
Cedric
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Seeing as you used a CNAME there, I’d recommend trying an A record instead (if Replit doesn’t let you select one, you can do a DNS lookup on the CNAME they give you).
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I found this a recurring problem while building my first site, star-cards.org. The solution I found was if you sync your repl to a git repository, and connect the domain to the GitHub pages site, it works very well. If you’d like further help on that, just ask me!
I’m not sure why it happens but I know the solution – hopefully one day Replit will fix it!
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Hi there, thank you - it’s good to know I’m not alone with this problem! If you could share instructions of how you solved it using GitHub that would be great (bear in mind I’m a very new user and have never used GitHub before, sorry!)
All the best,
Cedric
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Hi there, That sounds interesting and potentially like a quick fix - could you share how I do a DNS look up on the CNAME record to find the A record? I’ve tried using a DNS look up website and get this message:
Thank you for any help you can provide!
All the best,
Cedric
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Not on your domain, on the long *.id.repl.co address they give you for the CNAME record. And lookup A records for it.
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Ahh ok - I’ve done that and found the A record.
When I try and add it to my DNS record on Cloudflare I get the following error message at the bottom of the page in red:
(I’ve tried it with a few different names, e.g. test; www)
Any idea where I’m going wrong?
All the best,
Cedric
No problem!
There’s to ways we can go about doing this. One, you can invite me to your repl and I’ll create a git repository and convert you to an owner once I’m done connecting your domain. Or, I can give you a step-by-step walkthrough, but this would take much longer.
Try removing the *.id.repl.co CNAME record, and then add the A record.
Hello, option one sounds good as I’m sort of at my wit’s end with it! I’ve just tried to invite you, hopefully that worked!
All the best,
Cedric
Got it! Starting intense focus mode now!
Do you have a deadline for the site, by the way?
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Onto the last step! On your domain managing site (you’re using Cloudflare if I’m correct) start by removing all the A records and CNAME records.
If possible, please send me a screenshot of the Cloudflare page where you update all the records
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Thank you! I really appreciate it. I don’t have a proper deadline, but ideally we’d like to get the invites out by early August. Thank you again for taking the time!
All the best,
Cedric
No problem! Is it possible that you could send me a screenshot of your Cloudflare page after deleting all of the A and CNAME records?
Sorry for the delay, I was away from my laptop. I’ve deleted the A and CNAME records, but have left the TXT record:
Does that look ok?
Got it. I forgot to mention deleting the TXT record too. After you have deleted the TXT record, create a new TXT record with the name _github-pages-challenge-DarkOutcast6 and the content should be a19a8cffeed75937e0cae85e348b3b
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Hello! Ahh no worries, I’ve just gone in and deleted it and added the new TXT record using what you suggested:
Let me know if there’s anything else I can do?
All the best,
Cedric
