If you are assigning a domain to your Pressable account and want to know how to update your Namecheap DNS records accordingly, please choose one of the options below to do this:
Domain Setup Wizard
Pressable has a Domain Setup Wizard option, which makes connecting your Namecheap domain to your Pressable site a breeze! Learn more here.
Pointing Namecheap Nameservers to Pressable
Log into your Namecheap account and press the “Manage” button to the right of the domain.
Under the “Domain” tab, find the section on nameservers and select “Custom DNS”.
Enter the Pressable nameservers:
ns1.openhostingservice.comns2.openhostingservice.comns3.openhostingservice.comns4.openhostingservice.comns5.openhostingservice.com
Read Namecheap’s article on how to update nameservers here:
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain3
Note: that if you already have email hosting for your domain, we recommend getting in touch with us prior to changing the name servers to minimize/prevent any email downtime.
Pointing Namecheap A Records to Pressable
Log into your Namecheap account and press the “Manage” button to the right of the domain.
Navigate to the Advanced DNS tab.
You will want to make sure that you have two A Records for @, each pointing to one of the Pressable IP addresses. Then you will need a CNAME Record created for www, that is pointing to your domain name.
When finished your records will look similar to the following:
Read Namecheap’s article on how to update A records here:
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/319/2237/how-can-i-set-up-an-a-address-record-for-my-domain/
(Optional) Re-provision SSL Certificate
If you added your domain on the Pressable control panel before pointing it via DNS, you may need to re-provision the SSL certificate. You can do this from the Domains tab in your control panel by clicking Actions ▼ → Retry SSL.
For detailed steps, visit our SSL Troubleshooting Guide
Yoast Indexables
If Yoast (Yoast SEO or Yoast SEO Premium plugins) is used on a website and a domain is added or changed (new site, cloned site, etc) without taking steps afterward, it can result in the staging domain or previous domain showing in search results. Please follow the information here to ensure the proper domain is reflected within search results.