When you’re ready to present your spiffy new site to the world, there are a few steps to take on Flywheel to ensure the launch goes smoothly. Keep scrolling to learn how to take your site live!
If your site currently exists at another host and is frequently updated (for example, e-commerce sites accepting new orders), you will want to complete a content refresh to your Flywheel site prior to following this guide.
1. Disable Privacy Mode
2. Add or update your site’s primary domain
3. Add any additional domains
4. Point DNS for your domain(s)
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Note: DNS propagation times
Remove the password protection for your site so visitors won’t be prompted to enter credentials to view it. This also allows search engines, like Google, to crawl your site.
Sites on Flywheel require setting a single primary domain that additional domains will redirect to. If you have multiple domains, set this one up first.
At this point, go ahead and add any additional domains by following the method above (don’t set these domains to primary, of course). All non-primary domains will automatically be configured with a 301 redirect to the primary domain.
Now that you’ve configured your site on the Flywheel side, it’s time to log in to your domain’s DNS editor and point your domain(s) to the site’s IP address, which is displayed on the Domains card.
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