{"id":28325,"date":"2015-09-13T20:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T13:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/?p=472"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T04:58:38","slug":"domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/domains\/","title":{"rendered":"Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Your OPTe WP site comes with a site address, like <strong>example.opte.io<\/strong>. You can get rid of the .opte.io part and use a custom domain name instead, like <strong>example.com<\/strong>. (Haven&#8217;t purchased your custom\u00a0domain yet? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/beginners-guide\/tips-and-tools-to-pick-the-best-domain-for-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s easy.<\/a>) <span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Adding a custom domain is available to all <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pricing plans<\/a><\/strong>, with\u00a0no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"getting-started\" class=\"section-title\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, there are 2 ways to add a custom domain to your site:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\".\/use-a-domain-you-already-own-domain-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connect an existing domain (one you already own)<\/a> to your site on www.opte.io \u2013 if you already have a domain that you registered and purchased elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\".\/use-a-domain-you-already-own-domain-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Use a subdomain (for a domain with an existing website) <\/a>\u00a0if you already have a website you don\u2019t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example,\u00a0<strong>blog.yourcustomdomain.com<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"setting-the-primary-domain\" class=\"section-title\">Setting the Primary Domain<\/h2>\n<p>You can add as many domains as you want to your site. For example, you can add multiple domains to cover common misspellings of your primary domain, so that visitors who make a typo will still get to the right place. One of those domains will be the <em>Primary Domain<\/em>: all your other domains will redirect to the primary one. Visitors can get to your blog using any of the domains you added, but the address they see in their browser\u2019s address bar will always be the primary domain. To set the primary domain for your blog, go to the<strong> Dashboard &gt; Home<\/strong>\u00a0menu on your Admin Dashboard to set your primary domain from the list of existing domains you have already mapped to your site. The change is applied immediately. Note that when adding a new domain, there might be a short delay before it becomes active.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your OPTe WP site comes with a site address, like example.opte.io. You can get rid of the .opte.io part and use a custom domain name instead, like example.com. (Haven&#8217;t purchased your custom\u00a0domain yet? It&#8217;s easy.) Adding a custom domain is available to all pricing plans, with\u00a0no additional cost.\u00a0 Getting Started Currently, there are 2 ways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Your OPTe WP site\u00a0comes with a site address, like <strong>example.opte.website<\/strong>. You can get rid of the .opte.website\u00a0part and use a custom domain name instead, like <strong>example.com<\/strong>. (Haven't purchased your custom\u00a0domain yet? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/beginners-guide\/tips-and-tools-to-pick-the-best-domain-for-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It's easy.<\/a>) <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Adding a custom domain is available to all <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pricing plans<\/a><\/strong>, with\u00a0no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h2 id=\"getting-started\" class=\"section-title\">Getting Started<\/h2>\r\nCurrently, there are 2 ways to add a custom domain to your site:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><a href=\".\/use-a-domain-you-already-own-domain-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map an existing domain (one you already own)<\/a> to your site on\u00a0OPTe.io\u00a0\u2013\u00a0if you already have a domain that you registered and purchased elsewhere.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\".\/use-a-domain-you-already-own-domain-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map a subdomain (for a domain with an existing website) <\/a>to your OPTe Designer\u00a0site (<a href=\"https:\/\/opte.pro\">Designer Platform<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0if you already have a website you don\u2019t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example,\u00a0<strong>blog.yourcustomdomain.com<\/strong>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h2 id=\"setting-the-primary-domain\" class=\"section-title\">Setting the Primary Domain<\/h2>\r\nYou can add as many domains as you want to your site. For example, you can add multiple domains to cover common misspellings of your primary domain, so that visitors who make a typo will still get to the right place. One of those domains will be the <em>Primary Domain<\/em>: all your other domains will redirect to the primary one. Visitors can get to your blog using any of the domains you added, but the address they see in their browser\u2019s address bar will always be the primary domain. To set the primary domain for your blog, go to the<strong> Tools &gt;\u00a0Domain\u00a0Mapping<\/strong>\u00a0menu on your Admin Dashboard to set your primary domain from the list of existing domains you have already mapped to your site. The change is applied immediately. 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