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How to Point Your Domain to Canva

This guide shows you how to make your own domain open a website you built in Canva. You do this by adding DNS records.

Domains and DNS2 min read10 steps

What does "point a domain" mean?

A domain is your website's address. DNS is like a phone book for the internet. It turns that address into a number that computers understand. Pointing a domain means telling the phone book to send visitors to your Canva site.

Canva is a design tool. It can also publish simple one-page or multi-page websites. Your Canva site starts with a Canva address. You can swap it for your own domain.

Before you start

  • Publish your website in Canva first.
  • Check that your Canva plan allows a custom domain. Ask Canva if you are not sure. Hostvento does not know your Canva plan.
  • Know where your domain's DNS zone is edited. If the nameservers are Hostvento's, log in at https://secure.hostvento.com/clientarea.php.

Steps

  1. Open your design in Canva.
  2. Click Share, then Website, then open the website settings.
  3. Choose Connect domain or Use a domain you already own.
  4. Type your domain name.
  5. Canva shows the records you must add. They are usually an A record for the root domain and a CNAME record for www. Copy the values exactly from Canva, because they can change.
  6. Open the DNS zone editor for your domain.
  7. Remove old A or CNAME records for the same names. They may point to your old site.
  8. Add the A record. An A record points a name to a number address. Use host @, which means the bare domain.
  9. Add the CNAME record. A CNAME record points one name to another name. Use host www.
  10. Save, then go back to Canva and click Verify or Connect.
Tip: Write down your old records before you delete any. If you use email with this domain, do not touch the MX records.

How long it takes

Changes spread slowly. This is called propagation. It may take a few minutes or up to a day or more. Canva also needs time to set up a security certificate for your domain.

If the page still does not load, open a ticket at https://secure.hostvento.com/submitticket.php.

Quick recap

  • Publish your site in Canva first.
  • Start the connect-domain flow and copy the records Canva shows.
  • Add the A and CNAME records in your DNS zone.
  • Do not touch MX records if you use email.
  • Wait, then verify in Canva.