Set up your domain or subdomain with CloudFlare

Note

If you experience problems with your domain not working, then you might need to contact CloudFlare support.

If you have a domain from CloudFlare, then you need to reconfigure your DNS settings to point the domain/subdomain at JotUrl servers.

Please follow this steps:

1. Log in to your CloudFlare account.

2. Click on your domain name.

3. On the domain Details page, click on DNS:

   
4. The DNS management page will open

5. if you want to configure a domain (e.g., domain.ext), please follow these steps:

   • Select A Record from the drop-down menu, enter @ in the Name text box and enter JotUrl's IP address 65.52.146.52 in the IPv4 address text box. Make sure to see the Orange Cloud icon next to Add record. Click on Add record.
   • Select A Record from the drop-down menu, enter * in the Name text box and enter JotUrl's IP address 65.52.146.52 in the IPv4 address text box. Make sure to see the Orange Cloud icon next to Add record. Click on Add record.
   • Select A Record from the drop-down menu, enter www in the Name text box and enter JotUrl's IP address 65.52.146.52 in the IPv4 address text box. Make sure to see the Orange Cloud icon next to Add record. Click on Add record.
   • If present, remove all records AAAA (IPv6) for @, *, www

6. Alternatively to step 5, if you want to configure a subdomain/third-level domain (e.g., go.domain.ext), please follow these steps:

   • Select CNAME Record from the drop-down menu, enter your subdomain without the root domain (e.g., if your subdomain is go.domain.ext, you have to enter go, if your subdomain is go.test.domain.ext, you have to enter go.test) in the  Name text box and enter joturl.com in the Domain name text box. Make sure to see the Orange Cloud icon next to Add record. Click on Add record.
7. When you add your domain on the JotUrl dashboard, on the ADD NEW DOMAIN click on advanced options and check Do not perform security checks and add the domain anyway. Leave the Force an HTTPS connection for this domain [...] option unchecked, actually, you can not enable it because your custom domain is managed by CloudFlare and this may cause infinite loops, you will find a similar function on the Crypto page of your domain on CloudFlare.

Finally, please note that custom domains must be uniquely assigned to JotUrl.

In fact a domain cannot be used for both your website and your tracking links. The main reason for this is that you need to change the DNS records of your domain and have them point to JotUrl.

However, you can still use a third-level domain (e.g., on.domain.ext), in this case domain.ext can be used for your website, while on.domain.ext is used for your tracking links.

(Wondering what is the difference between domain, subdomain and third level domain? Read this article first --> https://joturl.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026241411)