Connect a domain your church owns, check its DNS records, and activate it for your website.
Before you start
You need the Website or Full plan, permission to manage website settings, and access to the company where your church manages its domain. A domain is an address such as yourchurch.org. Hubl connects an address you own; entering it here does not buy it.
Publish and check your Hubl website before changing the address people already use. If someone else manages the domain, ask them to help with the records Hubl displays.
Connect the address
1
Enter your domain
Open Settings → Website and find Web address. Enter Your domain without https://, then choose Continue. Use the address you want visitors to type, such as yourchurch.org or a subdomain such as church.yourchurch.org.
2
Make the changes Hubl lists
The DNS records step reads what your domain has set up right now and names the company that manages its DNS, with where to find the records there. It then lists each change to make, in order: records to delete, records to change and records to add. Delete first. A provider refuses a new CNAME while another record still uses that name. Copy each name and value from your own setup screen, not from another church or an old screenshot.
Note
For a root domain such as yourchurch.org, Hubl shows routing records for both the root address and www. Add both. A subdomain has its own routing instructions. Some providers add your domain to record names automatically, so use the name Hubl gives you rather than repeating the full domain.
Warning
Changing routing records moves website traffic. Keep email records and other services intact. If an existing record conflicts with the instructions, ask the person managing your domain before replacing it.
3
Check your records
Return to Hubl and choose Check my records. If a record is missing or has not reached Hubl yet, follow the displayed next steps and check again after your provider’s changes have taken effect. A saved record at your provider does not by itself mean verification has finished.
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Activate the domain
After DNS passes, Hubl moves to Activate. Choose Activate domain. If Hubl asks for further ownership verification, follow that prompt. If it reports One version still needs DNS, correct the named hostname and use Recheck DNS.
How to know it worked
Check the completed domain status, then open your address in a signed-out browser. For a root domain, test both yourchurch.org and www.yourchurch.org. They should reach your intended published site without a certificate warning.
If the address still does not work
Check the exact record names and values, whether both hostnames were configured, and whether the site is published. If Hubl reports the domain is already in use or verification continues to fail, contact support with the domain and the displayed message. Never send your domain-provider password.