how to point to the dns ?????cloud flare isn't letting me do it
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Need more information. What exactly are you trying to do?
i'M trying to point the old cloudflare dns to the hosting website that I'm with
how do i do that?
@David Wang
Where did you buy your domain?
on cloudflare @FreakyMood
So you want to point your domain to your website?
yes to a hosting site
What hosting site?
siteground
Is there a setting to add domain to the website in dashboard?
it's already added into my account
You can get help here
SiteGround
Select a Domain for Your Site
When you log into your Account for the first time, you will see a button Set Up Site on your dashboard. Click on it and follow the steps.
it's already added this doesn't help me point it to siteground
@FreakyMood
I think you should probably contact their support, since they are the ones that know what to add in your dns records.
do they have a number to get in contact with ?
I tried with (last four numbers 5273) and couldn't get through to them
@Cadmon i did a quick search, and it seems siteground leverages cloudflare themselves?
are you sure that you need to change your dns settings to make this work?
https://community.cloudflare.com/t/how-to-point-a-domain-registered-on-cloudflare-to-siteground-domain-servers/450436/4
i'm referring to this response by the siteground staff regarding domains from the cloudflare registrar
@Cadmon You cannot change nameservers on a domain registered through Cloudflare. You need to get the website ip address from the website settings in siteground and create an
A record in Cloudflare that points to that ip address.thanks I figured it out "how to point to the dns"
make a dns record = A type
then enter the ip address of the host (if you can't find it call/contact them)
depending on who you're with leave it unproxied
ttl depends on who you are with as well (1-2 hrs or couple minutes)
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